BLM access about to be lost
There is a fantastic BLM dispersed camping site in Colorado on the Arkansas River that is in danger of being converted from free BLM camping to an expensive, reservation only campground run by the sta...
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allegro34 wrote:
Some good points in the last few posts.
Just to clarify- at the specific Salida East site which launched this thread- the impetus for change was the State Parks- thorough a local entity called Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area- AHRA. AHRA saw a heavily used area which is adjacent to a boat ramp they manage- this area is about the only valuable plot along the river they do not control and being well located and no fee gets more heavily used than their other campgrounds- they saw $$. Plain and simple. (They get to be a landlord and rent out campsites with a zero acquisition cost).
Rob
allegro34, are you sure that State Parks is pushing this. I remember reading somewhere that State Parks denies pushing the idea.
I wouldn't be surprised to learn that BLM is pushing it given budget cuts. In Wyoming, the Forest Service has pushed local government to take over campground management:
http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/recreation-board-not-wild-about-campground-takeover/article_a92838ee-6f61-5017-b31a-cc40f86aef86.html
