Camp Packer Creek drinking water is safe

Camp Packer Creek visitors can be assured that the drinking water is safe... provided, of course, there ARE visitors. This information comes from today's report from the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS). Click the title of this story to access the report. The results of the report are based on data extracted two days ago, on April 15, 2008.

The City of Woodland leases or rents the camp from the US Forest Service. Although requested many times last year, the Woodland Journal was never provided the terms of the lease.

From a previous Woodland Journal story, it was estimated that since 2000 about $394,896 had been spent on Camp Packer Creek for about 144 kids. That’s about $2,742 per child who camped for one week each. And that didn’t include the $20 processing fee that was collected from underprivileged children. That report was from July of last year.

The Realist first brought up the Camp Packer Creek issue last June. That story generated some interesting revelations, like the Woodland City Council had previously voted to close the camp.

According to a staff report from last November, city crews took a couple of trips up there to check on it and secure it for the winter.