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RI Department of Environmental Management
235 Promenade Street, Providence, RI 02908
(401) 222-2771 TDD/(401) 222-4462
For Release: October 24, 2007
Contact: Gail Mastrati 222-4700 ext. 2402
Stephanie Powell 222-4700 ext. 4418

NEW CAMPGROUND RESERVATION SYSTEM TO GO LIVE ON NOVEMBER 14

PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management announces that beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday, November 14, campground patrons will be able to reserve sites at the state's five campgrounds online and via a toll-free reservation line. The new, user-friendly reservation system will afford campers an opportunity to plan their vacations in advance and around certain dates.

Campsites may be reserved up to a year in advance at Fishermen's Memorial State Park Campground, Charlestown Breachway, East Beach, Burlingame State Park Campground, and George Washington Management Area Campground.

Reservations may be made online through a link on DEM's Division of Parks and Recreation's website, www.riparks.com, and through a toll-free reservations line, 1-877-RICAMP5. A service charge of $9 per reservation will be made for online reservations, and reservations made through the toll-free phone line will be charged a $10 service fee. The cost of renting a campground, which starts at $14 a night for state residents and $20 for non-residents, will not increase. Campgrounds are open annually from April 15 through October 31.

The entire inventory of campsites at the five state campgrounds - more than 1,000 sites - will be available through the new reservations system. However, walk-in registration will still be accepted at the individual campgrounds for the day of arrival as long as there are sites available. There will be no service charge for walk-in registrations on the day of arrival at the campgrounds.

The reservations program will be operated by ReserveAmerica, a company that manages reservations for 3,500 parks nationwide with more than 170,000 campsites. There is no cost to the state for the program, as funding comes solely from transaction fees associated with the services.

For more information or questions about the new campground reservation system, email the Division of Parks and Recreation at riparks@earthlink.net, or call the Division at 222-2632.

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