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    Fees To Enter Popular National Parks Would Skyrocket Under Interior Department Plan

    http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-w...r-department-p

    The National Park Service has announced a proposal to more than double the peak-season entrance fees at the country's busiest national parks, including Shenandoah, Yosemite, Yellowstone and Grand Canyon.
    The park service said Tuesday that it needs the revenue expected from the fees to address its nearly $12 billion backlog of deferred maintenance. But the announcement has been met with worries that higher prices will push the parks out of reach for many Americans.

    "Targeted fee increases at some of our most-visited parks will help ensure that they are protected and preserved in perpetuity and that visitors enjoy a world-class experience that mirrors the amazing destinations they are visiting," Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke said in a statement.


    The rate hike would affect the 17 national parks that already drive the most revenue. Those sites, which stretch from Denali in Alaska to Acadia in Maine, generate 70 percent of all park entrance fees. Most national parks are free to enter: Of the 417 total NPS sites, only 118 charge admission fees.
    The proposed rates would significantly increase the costs to enter the parks during their busiest months. Entry at these parks currently costs $25 or $30 per vehicle, no matter the season. Under the new rates, entrance would cost $75 per vehicle during a five-month peak season.
    Per-person entry fees, $10-$15 at the current rate, would rise to $30 during peak season. The cost for an annual pass for access to all parks would remain unchanged at $80.
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    I don't have a problem with that.

    Understand you can always get in parks without going through the main gate. (Which I don't do. I pay to get in).
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    Well yeah, every budget Trump offers dramatically slashes the NPS budget, this is an “oh $#@!” maneuver. T.R. is rolling in his grave.
    "Those who produce should have, but we know that those who produce the most — that is, those who work hardest, and at the most difficult and most menial tasks, have the least."
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    Quote Originally Posted by Green Arrow View Post
    Well yeah, every budget Trump offers dramatically slashes the NPS budget, this is an “oh $#@!” maneuver. T.R. is rolling in his grave.
    Much of it should be privatized.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    Much of it should be privatized.
    If you want to destroy it, sure.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    I don't have a problem with that.

    Understand you can always get in parks without going through the main gate. (Which I don't do. I pay to get in).
    Bicycles and feet are a good thing!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Green Arrow View Post
    Well yeah, every budget Trump offers dramatically slashes the NPS budget, this is an “oh $#@!” maneuver. T.R. is rolling in his grave.
    The poor won't be able to afford to leave home after a while.
    News: Rich people paying rich people to tell middle class people to blame poor people.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Green Arrow View Post
    If you want to destroy it, sure.
    Private interests would treat it better than government interests. In the west we would have less wild fires.
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    Quote Originally Posted by resister View Post
    Bicycles and feet are a good thing!
    Quote Originally Posted by Dangermouse View Post
    The poor won't be able to afford to leave home after a while.
    There is no God but Resister and Refugee is his messenger’.

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    possum thinks an optimal solution would be fees that increase revenue for the parks...

    ... w/o being so high as to decrease visitation.

    The present proposal to raise fees from $30 to $70...

    ... would be counterproductive to such a goal.

    It would be better to have an more incremental increase now...

    ... than to raise fees so high as to dimish visitation, and thus, revenue to the parks.

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