| Monday, 02 April 2012 06:41 |
| SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) _ The warm early spring in South Dakota has led to busy state campgrounds. Campers reserved more than 1,000 camp sites in March, almost a tenfold increase over the year. State Parks Director Doug Hofer tells the Argus Leader newspaper that reservations typically don't reach that number even in April. Hofer says 2011 was not a good year for camping in South Dakota due to widespread flooding. Reservations were down more than 9 percent. That has turned around so far this spring. Shane Bertsch, park supervisor at Lewis and Clark Recreation Area in Yankton, says he has never seen a March this busy in his 11 years. (Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) |

