Veteran Camping Project

The live page heading is “Litigation to Defend Disabled Veterans Rights to Camping.” The Wix page list also calls it “Case 13 - Veteran Camping Project.” It lists the status as active and the next milestone as phase 3. The hero on this page is the public Veteran Camping graphic from the live projects list. That graphic is marked as presented by isuegov.com.

Summary

The public page is about Rough-N-It, which it describes as a nonprofit that provides free camping for disabled veterans in St. Louis County, Minnesota. It says the county used zoning and environmental rules against that use. It says Rough-N-It Inc. followed the ordinances, and it alleges that county staff removed veteran information from official reports, missed statutory deadlines, spread false public accounts, and imposed an environmental assessment worksheet that cost nearly $100,000 after admitting the required permit was not active.

The page says county officials later passed a resolution aimed at the property alone, which the page calls a “pre-crime” authorization to sue over future hypothetical violations. It identifies that measure as Resolution 25-442 and says the county then threatened litigation unless disabled veterans were banned from camping on the land. It says a 21-count federal civil rights complaint is ready to file, alleging ADA discrimination, First Amendment retaliation, due process violations, and extortion under color of law. This page does not add a docket number or a filing date.

Parties named on the page:

• Plaintiff organization: Rough-N-It Inc., described as a nonprofit for disabled veterans.
• Other plaintiffs named: multiple disabled veterans, Rough-N-It, Warriors Next Adventure, and Christine Wyrobek.
• Counsel: Mohrman, Kaardal & Erickson, P.A. (Erick G. Kaardal).

Gifts to this project are donations to Five Stones Legal Defense Fund.

Milestones listed on the public page

1. Setting up camp and challenging the county. Marked completed. The page lists $200,000. It describes a limited number of primitive campsites, advertising to veterans and veteran-support programs, and disputes over application processing, a late environmental assessment worksheet, and “possible violation” letters.
2. Education, resistance, and defense of the resolution. Marked completed. The page lists $75,000. It describes the September 9, 2024 email, a board vote the page calls a rubber stamp of two recommendations, September 9, 2025 testimony, Resolution 25-442, and drafting of the 21-count complaint. The page says that draft covers Title II ADA exclusion from public zoning services, Fourth Amendment claims about the resolution, First Amendment retaliation, equal protection as a class of one, a damages figure above $300,000, and a request for a declaration of the right to the campsites.
3. Federal litigation and trial. Listed as the current phase, one to three years, $300,000. The page splits that into filing and preliminary injunctions ($60,000), discovery and depositions ($100,000), and summary judgment and trial ($140,000). It says the goal is a federal order striking down Resolution 25-442 and allowing non-fee disabled-veteran camping on the Wyrobek properties. Discovery topics the page describes, including internal comments and an RV reclassification, are plans on the page, not findings added here.
4. Final campground and expansion. The page lists $500,000 over one to three years after litigation, including Vermilion campsites ($150,000), work with veteran service organizations ($75,000), and another location ($275,000).
5. A second item also labeled phase 4. The page lists $200,000 over one to five years for government-accountability work: open records of decisions, oversight, clearer ordinances, and citizen participation. It describes this as a later program, not a completed result.