Arizona State Park camping fees
Wow! Doesn't look like I will be able to stay in State Parks in Arizona. At $30-$33 per night with no discounts available, I'll have to look elsewhere. Guess I'll have to stay in BLM and NF area...
Forum Discussion
monkey44 wrote:
It is the responsibility of everyone in the state (in fact in the country) to protect its natural resources ... NO one area of funding or protection will do that, each component does its part (or should) and when one component falls down on that responsibility, another either picks up the slack and stretches itself thinner, or that resource begins deteriorating.
There is no "going back" -- we all need to accept our individual responsibilities as citizens and as campers to reach out and assist in this effort. It's more the responsibility of the campers to keep the parks up and running properly, and to keep revenue from the parks in the parks system to do it.
It is the responsibility for the states and feds to protect all wilderness and watershed areas or we lose it (that means everyone in the country, not one component of one area). We cannot put the responsibility of the entire Sierra ecosystem on the backs of the campground revenues ...
I think we are saying the same thing... I am saying that CA State Parks along with their camping/day use fees are NOT responsible for the entire Sierra ecosystem (let alone the entire California ecosystem). You are saying that the entire Sierra ecosystem (let alone the entire California ecosystem) should not be protected by only campground revenues.
