Trailer owners win as National Park Service changes course on boat parking policy at Cottonwood Cove [Video]

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The federal government’s change of heart over parking rules could restore peace of mind for trailer owners at Cottonwood Cove, a remote hideaway that’s one of the last of its kind on National Park Service (NPS) land.

It’s a dramatic reversal in a story 8 News Now brought you in February, but it’s been in the works for months following a contentious community meeting where people shouted their questions at NPS officials and representatives of concessionaire Lake Mead Mohave Adventures, part of Guest Services Inc. (GSI)

NPS has been laying the groundwork to eliminate trailer villages by 2043. In February, tenants had just learned of the changes and they were not happy.

For Cottonwood Cove, it meant tenants would be forced to park their boats and other vehicles at a dry storage area just up the road when they weren’t staying at the trailer village. Trailer owners are allowed to use them …