The day-use facilities at the Lewis and Clark State Park are open, but clean-up of the campground is expected to continue into this fall.

Park officials reopened the park last month for day-use only.  The clean-up started in September after last years flooding caused damage to the park.

Many peopled have already called asking about the campground this year.

Park Supervisor Amber Terry says workers need more time to finish getting the campground ready.

“We are working on that right now but we don’t have a set date,” Terry said.  “We’re trying to get it open by Labor day.”

Some of those things include the cleanup of dead trees and the campsite fire-rings. She says the electrical system will likely take the longest as all the wiring must be re-done.

“It’s a little deceiving,  I think people drive by and look at it now and from glancing from the street it doesn’t look that bad,” Terry says.

She says the cleanup concerns all the things that can’t be seen from the roadway.

Those things include clearing out tree’s that have died in last years flooding.  The tree’s must be removed because they pose a safety hazard to campers if the tree’s or limbs fall in the campground.

New gravel must be brought in after the gravel washed away in the campsite driveways last year.  Silt and sand needs cleaned up as well.The campground’s fire-rings were sent off to be sandblasted and powder coated because of the rust caused by the flood waters.

Finally, the electrical system is being re-installed.  Most of the campgrounds 70 sites have electrical hookups the were damaged in the flooding last year.  All new hookups and wiring is being installed.

You can keep updated with the progress by calling the park, 816-579-5564.