Pymatuning Tuttle Camp Ground To Close

Ladies & Gentlemen

I just got off the phone with the park office at Jamestown. They want to close tuttle camp ground for next year due to cost saving. If you enjoy using this camp ground Please call  down to Jamestown and tell them NO!!!!. We must work together to try and stop this form happing, once again its big government trying to take away the things we love to do. Start at Jamestown and work your way up through the system all the way up to the Governor. This camp ground brings so much business to the local stores and bait shops this will really hurt them. If your a fishermen such as myself this is one of the best access to the lake out of tuttle launch. The Park Manager for pymatuning needs to hear your voice.

Call and stop this action Please.

any update on tuttle closing? i called right after christmas and the park office said if they got funding it could possibly still open. also said the only way they could see getting any funding was if the table games passed. now that they passed i'm wondering if they'll get any money?

Here is a link to read on this and see who suggested doing this. The Park Manager. Let'em have it ladies and Gentlemen, Call , call call,call !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. We have strength in numbers.
 
This is the same Park Manager that tried and stop the feeding of bread to the fish at linesville. That did not work and we The people need to stop this to. Thank You.


http://bulletin.aarp.org/states/pa/2009/51/articles/presque_isle_pymatuning_plan_cuts_wake_tight_state.html

i have called and voiced my opinions once but i will call again. i would hate to see this place close.

wt, don't let up.  on the ohio side, they once had a group camp, a primitive and the main campground.  they closed the first two over the years, then began cutting.  they went from four rangers to two, cut the maintenance staff, and visitor services a lot.  the park is nowhere near what it once was.  once you lose it, there is little chance of getting it back.

wt, i'll keep tryin buddy. i'm with ya on this. i'll call again,and again,and again. until they get the message.

I noticed this past year Tuttle Campground seemed quite empty at times. I was amazed that even on weekends there would be lakefront sites open. So I can understand why they chose to close Tuttle. Maybe you should consider buying a camp up here. That is what I did a couple of years ago. Quite frankly, then the closing Tuttle isn't really a bad thing. I would only hope they would open the campground ramp for us to use.

PinBall

I have thought about that over the years, But thats not what this is about. Its about tradition and family. My parents have taken me to this camp for over 30 years and I have been going to pymatuning now for 42 years.  I have been taking my Nephews there for the last ten years and they were upset when I told them we may not be going there this year.

Not only that but if they shut the camp down just think of the impact it will have on the local business thousand of people use that camp every year and the locals will be hurt big time. From Puff's Place to Yorkie's, Old Saltys and Little Bit. The campers that stay at Tuttles all buy from theses stores. I myself put 3 to 4 thousand in that local economy and know many of the local store owners by name over the years and its sad that one guy and his poor management his threaten to destroy it all. Sad very Sad.

I know for a fact the park manager has been wanting to shut this place down for years now. Many people have heard the same. It's his job to run the parks and make sure all three parks stay open the Man before him did it for 30 years why can't he manage to do it ??  Sad!!

Pinball, I hear what your saying.
 
And I have thought about it and that still may be in the plans one day. But for now its not an option. I just don't go once a year I have business in the area and I keep my boat up there all year long and fish the lake every chance I get about every other weekend and I always stay at tuttle. So theres  more to it then that. But I do respect your opinion , and advice. 
 
But its not about me, its about the camp and the impact it will have on all the Pennsylvanians that use the park and who will be disenfranchised because of the closure of the park. Do to poor management and work ethic that has brought it to this decision. The people of Pennsylvanian should ask for the removal of the park manager if the park closes. Just my opinion.

 
Amen to that, Papermounth.

I read the same article about a week ago. But as I stated before after some research I found out this is a local issues from the Park Manager. Not Harrisburg. He is the one trying to close the park not the state. I guess he is trying to make his self look like A HERO. And save money at the expense of the campers that use the park. Sad. I will be calling again tomorrow

Leave The Campground Open. I Drive all the way from york,Pa. To enjoy this camp ground every year. Its a tradition not a way of life... Leave it alone people...........

Thank You CM
 
But I am not the one to thank its all of the people out there that have read this post. We need everyone out there to call these people that I have listed on the site to try and stop the closing of the park. There is suppose to be a meeting this week. I can't stress enough this week starting Monday to call the park office and voice your opinion to the park Manager not to close the park. And call the Reps & Sen officials that I have listed and tell them to keep it open for all of Pennsylvanians. Call , Call , Call ,Call !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Dcnr Director of parks ( The head Guy ) John Norbeck 717-787-6640
Dcnr Acting Secretary ( Money Man ) John Quigley 717-772-9084
 
State Representatives
 
Robert Robbins- 724-588-1323 or 814-336-2760
John R Evans - 814-734-2793
Brad Roae - 814-336-1136
Michele Brooks - 724- 588-8911
Jamestown Park - 724-932-3141   Ask for Pete or Jason


 

its a sad day i got the same message

I am calling tomorrow , the Representatives had a meeting to day with the park Manager and his staff. I hope they can help but I have little faith . So with that said I will be staying at a private camp ground, or on the Ohio side camp ground. I will not give one more penny to the State as long as they have Management that will not listen or try and make cuts else where to keep the park from closing.

I will still buy my Bait and goods local to help the store owners but will not give the parks any of my money. There are some really nice camp grounds that are privately owned. I have already talked to Meadow lake down buy orchard and Mallard down by linesville and have been looking at the Ohio side also. I fish the north end of the lake and always have so it will be around the north end some where.

I will see what they have to say tomorrow, but don't look for any help in the matter. I know the Representatives want to keep the park open and are not happy about them closing it. But they can only do so much. They said if they do close it they want them to do some work and fix things up with some of the money they save by not opening the park, we will see.

i always liked jamestown.  it is sad, but being from ohio, i can camp cheaper in pa., even paying non-rez. fees than i can in ohio.  they priced themselves right out of the game.  there was a time when the ohio campground was full most of the summer, but with the reservation system, the raise in fees, the cutback in services, the only time it does get full is the fourth of july weekend.  i sure would hate to see that happen on the pa side.