Caribou Island Campground

Asks what remains to be done at Caribou Island Campground, what it costs, and what date they’re working towards.

Subject Caribou Island Campground: what it would take to reopen

To the National Park Service, Isle Royale National Park:

I was planning to camp at Caribou Island Campground in Michigan and found it closed.

The notice says: "Tent Camping Closed at Multiple East End Campgrounds"
(https://www.nps.gov/isro/learn/news/isle-royale-closes-tent-and-group-campsites-at-four-campgrounds.htm, read Oct 17, 2026)

Could you tell me what closed Caribou Island Campground, what has to happen before it reopens, and what date you’re working towards? If the answer is funding or staffing you don’t have, please say so plainly.

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Asks them to find out what reopening Caribou Island Campground would cost, and to treat the deferred-maintenance line as the thing that decides it.

Subject Caribou Island Campground is closed (Isle Royale National Park, Michigan)

Dear Jack Bergman,

I’m a constituent in Michigan’s 1st district. I went to camp at Caribou Island Campground, Isle Royale National Park, Michigan and found it closed.

The notice says: "Tent Camping Closed at Multiple East End Campgrounds"
(https://www.nps.gov/isro/learn/news/isle-royale-closes-tent-and-group-campsites-at-four-campgrounds.htm, read Oct 17, 2026)

The notice doesn’t say what closed it, which is worth asking about on its own. A campground on public land going dark with no stated reason and no reopening date isn’t something the public should have to guess at.

Please ask the National Park Service, in writing, what reopening Caribou Island Campground would cost and where that work sits on their own list. And when their budget comes to a vote, treat the recreation and deferred-maintenance lines as the thing that decides whether these 3 campsites are open next season.

The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them.

Sent about Caribou Island Campground (Isle Royale National Park, Michigan) via campanac.com

Asks them to find out what reopening Caribou Island Campground would cost, and to treat the deferred-maintenance line as the thing that decides it.

Subject Caribou Island Campground is closed (Isle Royale National Park, Michigan)

Dear Elissa Slotkin,

I’m a constituent in Michigan. I went to camp at Caribou Island Campground, Isle Royale National Park, Michigan and found it closed.

The notice says: "Tent Camping Closed at Multiple East End Campgrounds"
(https://www.nps.gov/isro/learn/news/isle-royale-closes-tent-and-group-campsites-at-four-campgrounds.htm, read Oct 17, 2026)

The notice doesn’t say what closed it, which is worth asking about on its own. A campground on public land going dark with no stated reason and no reopening date isn’t something the public should have to guess at.

Please ask the National Park Service, in writing, what reopening Caribou Island Campground would cost and where that work sits on their own list. And when their budget comes to a vote, treat the recreation and deferred-maintenance lines as the thing that decides whether these 3 campsites are open next season.

The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them.

Sent about Caribou Island Campground (Isle Royale National Park, Michigan) via campanac.com

Asks them to find out what reopening Caribou Island Campground would cost, and to treat the deferred-maintenance line as the thing that decides it.

Subject Caribou Island Campground is closed (Isle Royale National Park, Michigan)

Dear Gary C. Peters,

I’m a constituent in Michigan. I went to camp at Caribou Island Campground, Isle Royale National Park, Michigan and found it closed.

The notice says: "Tent Camping Closed at Multiple East End Campgrounds"
(https://www.nps.gov/isro/learn/news/isle-royale-closes-tent-and-group-campsites-at-four-campgrounds.htm, read Oct 17, 2026)

The notice doesn’t say what closed it, which is worth asking about on its own. A campground on public land going dark with no stated reason and no reopening date isn’t something the public should have to guess at.

Please ask the National Park Service, in writing, what reopening Caribou Island Campground would cost and where that work sits on their own list. And when their budget comes to a vote, treat the recreation and deferred-maintenance lines as the thing that decides whether these 3 campsites are open next season.

The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them.

Sent about Caribou Island Campground (Isle Royale National Park, Michigan) via campanac.com