Roaring River State Park campgrounds closed due to flooding Due to recent record flooding, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources temporarily closed the campgrounds at Roaring River State Park. (Photo source: stock image/Pexels) (Source: Stock image/Pexels) By Amber Ruch | April 29, 2021 at 6:53 PM CDT - Updated April 29 at 6:53 PM
CASSVILLE, Mo. (KFVS) - Due to recent record flooding, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources temporarily closed the campgrounds at Roaring River State Park.
The Missouri Department of Conservation will continue to allow fishing, though angler access may be restricted in some areas due to flood clean-up efforts.
Flood damage will also impact the ability of MDC staff to stock fish in certain locations.
arrangements to leave. one of the areas where that s happening is yosemite national park and joining us on the phone is the park ranger with more on what s going on. and i ve spent quite a bit of time in yosemite being from san francisco and it s a beautiful place. what s the impact right now on the park? well, basically with the government shutdown yesterday, we re closed to park visitors so we re in the process of shutting down operations. we furloughed 660 employees yesterday out of a little over 800 employees. we re getting the campgrounds closed, getting people off the trails, coning off parking areas and basically, you know, locking up the park as you said. jenna: if someone is at a camp site, are rangers going by and knocking on the tent and saying you ve got to leave the park? well, what happened was, it s still a very busy time. the fall is a beautiful time here in yosemite so people with campground reservations, for example, were told that they