It’s no secret that the outdoors are being loved to death. And in the public land-rich states of the West, campsites have seen an explosion in popularity over the last decade.
Camping Crunch, a report from the Center for Western Priorities released Thursday, quantified something many in the West already know — it’s hard to find a campsite.
From 2014 to 2020, states — excluding Alaska and Hawaii — saw a 39% increase in occupancy for reservable campsites during peak season, according to the report. Western states saw a 47% increase during the same time frame...