The state Department of Environmental Conservation announced on Thursday that it will temporarily close the upper locks on the Saranac River in late spring of 2022 to complete “necessary maintenance.”

From May 20 through June 30, 2022, campsites 63 through 87 at the Saranac Lake Islands Campground will be temporarily closed and reservations will not open, according to the DEC. Campsites on Lower Saranac Lake will be available for reservation beginning Aug. 20, 2021.