I agree with Prof. Certainly, those of us who use the NF and SF lads heavily ought to pay something more for the privilege.
My gripe is that as currently implemented in OR/WA, there is no easy way to figure out which of the myriad of passes you need for which potential public lands you're planning to hike/camp on. So I'm currently hoping our elected govt leaders get around to a revenue-sharing agreement that will let me by ONE pass for WA sno parks, OR sno parks, NW NFS lands, WA state parks, and OR state parks--simply for entry and parking, to say nothing of overnight camping.
As far as the potential death of free boondocking, take a look at the vast areas of open lands in the SW, we will NEVER run out of great placeds to camp, unless the criminal Bundys and the no-fee freeloaders get their way.
