News Blip: Most State Parks In The Keys Back In Business
'FL Keys News' Reports On Irma's Impact Still Lingering In The Keys, With Several Campgrounds Yet To Be Open But Almost All State Parks Reopened
The beautiful Florida Keys are great for extended camping trips and getting a little taste of island life. It is a tragedy the area took a magnified ht from Hurricane Irma. Recouping after the storm was not easy, but most State Parks in the Keys are open for the pubic to enjoy. Long Key State Park for example recently reopened, leaving only one state park in the Florida Keys still closed because of Hurricane Irma. That is Bahia Honda State Park in the Lower Keys, which is undergoing extensive cleanup.
FL Keys News writer Kevin Wadlow relates in his article: "Most of the Keys’ state parks have opened for day use only. Several state-park campgrounds have not yet reopened." Contractors with the Florida Department of Transportation are reducing the volume of vegetation debris collected at a Cudjoe Key staging area by means of an air-curtain incinerator. Meeting environmental standards is also a priority with this device as smoke pollution is being monitored closely.
Check out the full article at FL Keys News right here and visit Florida State Park website for information on all park hours, directions, activities etc.
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