National Park Service has it all wrong!!??
I believe the NPS should change what they charge for the NPS passes. right now the cost are as follows. America the Beautiful Annual pass- $80 America the Beautiful Senior pass- $10 America th...
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If we as a group are really interested in how the National Parks are paid and their long term financial health then the issue to be upset about is the Parks CONTRACT AGREEMENTS with the companies who have stores and other operations inside our parks.
Those contracts help insure that the Parks get very little of most of the money you actually spend in the parks at the gas stations, restaurants, Lodges etc. Our parks are being virtually cheated in a series of very bad contracts while the public is subjected to prices that are robbery at best.
The Parks languish in poor maintenance, broken infrastructure and low salaries While it's contractors are making huge profits from overcharging the visitors, paying low salaries and contractually scr**ing the parks with laughable percentages or rents.
Write to the National Parks Director and demand that the Parks drive a harder bargain with these contractors. This alone would put MILLIONS and MILLIONS of dollars almost immediately into the Parks system.
Lastly in my view the Parks should put a cap on the price of all park services by contractors ie groceries, gas etc. so that what they charge is no more than 10 per cent over the national average of the cost of that item.
This is the real issue to me NOT what the annual passes cost. The real money is in the contracts not the fees.
Those contracts help insure that the Parks get very little of most of the money you actually spend in the parks at the gas stations, restaurants, Lodges etc. Our parks are being virtually cheated in a series of very bad contracts while the public is subjected to prices that are robbery at best.
The Parks languish in poor maintenance, broken infrastructure and low salaries While it's contractors are making huge profits from overcharging the visitors, paying low salaries and contractually scr**ing the parks with laughable percentages or rents.
Write to the National Parks Director and demand that the Parks drive a harder bargain with these contractors. This alone would put MILLIONS and MILLIONS of dollars almost immediately into the Parks system.
Lastly in my view the Parks should put a cap on the price of all park services by contractors ie groceries, gas etc. so that what they charge is no more than 10 per cent over the national average of the cost of that item.
This is the real issue to me NOT what the annual passes cost. The real money is in the contracts not the fees.
