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Community Alumni
Oct 12, 2019

Push to privatize National Park Service campgrounds

I don't mind having concessionaires run some of the National Parks, as it is being done now. However, I don't want to see our National Parks turned into garish Disneyland-like attractions. I reali...
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goducks10
Explorer
Oct 12, 2019
In the end it's all about services. If a private company can take over and give as good or better results without raising prices beyond reason then there shouldn't be any issues.

We had a new company come to Oregon and take over management of several FS campgrounds. They did improvements and changed a few of the ways they do visitor relations all without raising prices.
Ironically the new company is CLM ( California Land Management)

The end result will fall directly on who's chosen to run the parks.

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