No, it looks like the NPS/Dept of the Interior is trying to find where the economic equilibrium is. If past price increases did not negatively impact demand (usage), then it means the price was too low.Webfoot wrote:If my figure are correct and only six percent of the budget comes from Park fees then the rate would need to go to $250 each, and even that wouldn't cover it because far fewer people would visit the parks which such high fees. Is that really the direction you think this should go?xrp wrote:Excellent! It is time for park-goers to pay their fair share for preserving and protecting our public lands.
Zinke proposes $70 entrance fee at some National Parks
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it looks like the USFS is trying to find where the economic equilibrium is.
Um, the NPS runs National Parks and are in the Dept of Interior. The USFS is in the Dept of Agriculture and has zero connection to NP entrance fees.
Um, the NPS runs National Parks and are in the Dept of Interior. The USFS is in the Dept of Agriculture and has zero connection to NP entrance fees.
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Haha, as I've said before you are nothing if not predicable xrpxrp wrote:Sorry, but you are employing 20th century thinking. No one needs to go to Crater Lake to “see the lake”.Guy wrote:Having to pay $45.00 just to "see the lake" is not on and it does unfairly target those with less income.
Example:
There. That cost next to nothing.
By employing “virtual visitation”, we can accomplish the following:
I intend to keep fighting for "actual visitation" for all to land that's owned by us all. But hey feel free to knock yourself out with that virtual visitation thing.
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Thank you for the correction. I will amend my post.Aimless wrote:it looks like the USFS is trying to find where the economic equilibrium is.
Um, the NPS runs National Parks and are in the Dept of Interior. The USFS is in the Dept of Agriculture and has zero connection to NP entrance fees.
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Why do you need to fight? No one is excluded from the National Parks.Guy wrote: I intend to keep fighting for "actual visitation" for all to land that's owned by us all. But hey feel free to knock yourself out with that virtual visitation thing.
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Each of us could spend our life in a little self contained module with no windows or doors, just monitors.
A little door for food to be delivered through
A little door for food to be delivered through
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Pending Zinke's approval, the fees could go up June 1 for Mt Rainier.
https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/ ... -increases
https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/ ... -increases
During the five months of each park’s peak season, fees would increase from their current rates of around $25 or $30, to $70 for automobiles, $50 for motorcycles, and $30 per person on bike or foot. Fees for commercial tour buses would also rise.
After NPS responds to public comments, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke will decide whether to approve implementing the higher fees at 17 parks. Starting May 1, 2018, fees would increase at Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Denali, Glacier, Grand Canyon, Grand Teton, Olympic, Sequoia & Kings Canyon, Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Zion National Parks. Beginning June 1, 2018, fees would increase at Acadia, Mount Rainier, Rocky Mountain, and Shenandoah National Parks, and as soon as practicable this year at Joshua Tree National Park.
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XRP you were trolling, rightNo one needs to go to Crater Lake to “see the lake”.
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Notice today that they got 100,000 comments, overwhelmingly negative, so they are rethinking the proposal, whatever that means.
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National parks to rethink plan to hike entrance fees after widespread angerxrp (in a different thread) wrote:Agreed! Yet another reason why the potential increases in National Park access is no big deal, either!retired jerry wrote:same here, no big deal
not that there aren't problems, nobody's perfect
it's amazing we have so much access to so many amazing places with only minimal fees if anything
Happy dances all around!
Happy dances all around!The Guardian wrote:The interior department press secretary, Heather Swift, said the Trump administration decided to rethink its proposal after Americans flooded the National Park Service (NPS) with more than 100,000 comments, many of them sharply critical of the proposed surge pricing scheme.
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The National Parks Conservation Association, or NPCA, conducted a statistical analysis of the public comments and said it found that approximately 98% were opposed to the fee increase.
“Americans did not like this ill-conceived proposal from the administration and they spoke out,” says Emily Douce, the NPCA’s director of budget and appropriations.
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