would you pay $41 to enter a National Park?
I am calling BS on this story. Read it and the implication is that folks would be okay with an 80% increase in entrance fees if it ensured they would see a bear Article
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That article is "HOGWASH", and only because I can't use the word it really is.
But, the real danger for the parks is Washington itself, closing the parks last year during the "budget crisis" ... we were kicked out of the parks when they closed, and it was a true tragedy for the folks that came on a vacation planned for months, sometimes years.
Private contractors run some parks, and in our experience with over fifty years of camping, the ones they do are run poorly, and less maintained. In addition, they stick a power pier up on a campground WE built with our tax money, and disallow the 'discount' for the electric sites now. And it's only going to get worse, not better.
Pretty much an annual discussion now is attempting to 'remove' the park passes and ATB passes discount ... when that happens, the burden of fees increase falls directly on ONE group. IF the parks raises fees, let it be for everyone a small amount instead of one group taking a 50% hit all at once. If all entry fees were raised $2-$3 that would do it, instead one group pays, and that reduction in discount goes directly into profit coffers for the vendors.
But, the real danger for the parks is Washington itself, closing the parks last year during the "budget crisis" ... we were kicked out of the parks when they closed, and it was a true tragedy for the folks that came on a vacation planned for months, sometimes years.
Private contractors run some parks, and in our experience with over fifty years of camping, the ones they do are run poorly, and less maintained. In addition, they stick a power pier up on a campground WE built with our tax money, and disallow the 'discount' for the electric sites now. And it's only going to get worse, not better.
Pretty much an annual discussion now is attempting to 'remove' the park passes and ATB passes discount ... when that happens, the burden of fees increase falls directly on ONE group. IF the parks raises fees, let it be for everyone a small amount instead of one group taking a 50% hit all at once. If all entry fees were raised $2-$3 that would do it, instead one group pays, and that reduction in discount goes directly into profit coffers for the vendors.
