Changes to National Park fees

GordonThree wrote:
I'd be happy if they stopped trying to make the parks into tourist attractions. I thought the NPS charter is to preserve and protect land held in the public trust, not to exploit that land as a tourist attaction? More parks should be like Isle Royale, Wrangle St Elias and Gates of the Arctic. Very limited access, very little development for "tourist comfort."

Close the welcome centers, the gift shops, the bathrooms, and the extensive road networks. That will lighten the budget considerably.

Not everyone is able to access wilderness areas. It's great that our many of our National Parks have visitor centers where the public can learn about the history or geography of the area. We stayed in Madison Campground in Yellowstone.No hookups,no showers.That was fine. We don't need full hookups. But our federal campgrounds have some that have FHU and some that have no hookups.it's great to have choices.