National Park and National Forests Bummer
I camp in National Forest Campgrounds around my home state and with my senior pass I get 1/2 price camping. To my surprise I got a measely 10% discount in the Everglades campground. Huh? It's under a ...
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"Concerning the improper discount: WTH! That shouldn't even be legal. How can they get away with that? I'd issue a formal complaint to the park Superintendent (you're talking about the national park, right?). I tried to find out who the Super is, and it's almost as if they are trying to keep it a secret. Last available information: Pedro Ramos)."
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I'll bet it was NF or maybe BLM. The Park Service does not use contractors so far as I know. Tho now I think about it they do use them in a few major parks, Yellowstone and Yosemite (which does not include the cg in Yosemite), for example. The NPS must specify in their contracts that the contractor has to accept the passes. I think it was legal because the NF/BLM hand over the operation of the campground to the contractor who pays them a set fee. Without putting in the contract that the contractor accepts the passes. The Feds generally make more money than if they ran the place themselves. The contractor handles campground fees and takes care of maintenance and upgrades to the CG.
There is nothing new about this, it's been going on for a long time in Ocala NF.
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I'll bet it was NF or maybe BLM. The Park Service does not use contractors so far as I know. Tho now I think about it they do use them in a few major parks, Yellowstone and Yosemite (which does not include the cg in Yosemite), for example. The NPS must specify in their contracts that the contractor has to accept the passes. I think it was legal because the NF/BLM hand over the operation of the campground to the contractor who pays them a set fee. Without putting in the contract that the contractor accepts the passes. The Feds generally make more money than if they ran the place themselves. The contractor handles campground fees and takes care of maintenance and upgrades to the CG.
There is nothing new about this, it's been going on for a long time in Ocala NF.
