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NEW! The Pacific Northwest citizen advisory committee is allowing the public to comment and listen in to their meeting on February 2 to consider whether or not to recommend 90 new or increased fee sites in Washington and Oregon! An opportunity you should not pass up! Details HERE.
WSNFC is first to break the story that the Forest Service is planning on eliminating the traditional 50% discount on camping fees and free access to day-use sites for Senior and Access passholders. More info HERE
The Western Slope No-Fee Coalition is a broad-based organization consisting of diverse interests including hiking, biking, boating, equestrian and motorized enthusiasts, community groups, local and state elected officials, conservatives and liberals, Republicans and Democrats, and just plain citizens. We have members and member groups in 33 states. Our goals are: To eliminate recreation fees for general access to public lands managed by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management To eliminate backcountry fees and interpretive program fees in National Parks, once an Entrance Fee has been paid To require more accountability within the land management agencies To encourage Congress to adequately fund our public lands
The Western Slope No-Fee Coalition supports passage of The Fee Repeal and Expanded Access Act, sponsored by Senator Max Baucus. Under the Fee Repeal Act, policies that worked well for over thirty years under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 will be reinstated, and the decade-long failed experiment with recreation user fees will end. At this site you can learn about the history and current status of recreation user fees, read related laws, read press coverage of the fee issue from around the country, and find out how to take action to help restore the American heritage of public access to public lands.
Independent video exposes fee for parking (prohibited by law) at concessionaire-operated Forest Service site in Colorado! There are many more fees like it nationwide - when will Congress act to rein in the out-of-control public lands agencies?
Forest Service 2008 Visitation Report Shows Continued DeclineThe lastest report from the Forest Service National Visitor Use Monitoring program, issued July 23, 2009, shows continued declines in the number of people visiting public lands. Read the 2008 report HERE. Comparison table by Region for 2001-2008 HERE.
September 2008 report shows that the Forest Service and BLM are suppressing public participation in fee decisions!
Read the report HERE!
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