Show Agencies Meet To Establish Park User Fees Federal agencies from ten Rocky Mountain and midwest midwest- ern em States met in Denver this week to establish uniform daily entrance and user fees on reo re- recreation creation areas under their juris juris- jurisdiction diction Such fees were authorized by bythe bythe I the Land and Water Conserva Conserva- Conservation tion Fund Act of 1965 and will willbe be charged at designated Fed Fed- Federal eral recreation areas in the United States commencing this year THE ANNUAL entrance fee of 7 for the new Recreation Recreation- Conservation was an an- an announced earlier this month by Secretary of the Interior Ste- Ste Stewart wart L Udall In the Rocky Mountain Region and adjoining plains States charge areas will be designated in National Forests and at most areas in the National Park system tern tem in addition to some Corps of Engineers areas and Federal Fish and Wildlife refuges The listing of specific recreation recreation tion areas where federal en en- en entrance trance and user fees will be charged will be made public by bythe bythe the various agencies concerned within the next A 50 cent entrance fee was discussed for a single or series of visits by any person 16 years of age or older The weekly fee would be five times the daily fee or USER FEES would be pay pay- payable payable able in certain areas in addition to the entrance fee for the use of sites facilities and equipment or services In most instances user fees will not be charged at Forest Service campgrounds User fees at other areas would depend upon facilities available and could range from 25 cents to 3 The daily or weekly permits may be purchased at either the designated charge area or the local office of the federal agen- agen agency agency cy administering the area For Forthe Forthe the Forest Service this would in- in include in dude clude all District Ranger and Forest Supervisors Supervisor's offices Entrance fees will be charged on most National Park Service areas commencing April 1 and andon andon on designated National Forest areas June 1 A fee will not be charged on National Forest areas generally after Labor Day COMPARED TO the daily or weekly entrance fee the 7 1 ann ann- annual ual fee for the Recreation Con sticker in most in- in instances In stances is by far the best bar bar- bargain gain for vacationing tourists This sticker entitles the driver of a private non commercial automobile and all his gers to enter all designated Agriculture You can get a copy from your county extension agent Ask for Farmers Bulb Bulle tin No 2127 Light Horses You will be especially interest interest- interested ed in the sections on care of the pregnant mare care of the mare at foaling time and care and training of the foal Dr Thomas especially cau- cau cautions cautions owners of mares not to breed them too soon after they foal Research conducted in Ken Ken- Kentucky Kentucky tucky has proven that you can have better success and avoid complications better by waiting until the second heat period following foaling between the and day from foaling Federal recreation areas for forthe forthe the entire year The sticker will go on sale April 1 and will be good through March 31 1966 The bargain sti sti- sti sticker is intended for use on auto auto- automobile mobile bumpers although the regulations do not require any particular method of display The Recreation Conservation sticker is on sale at or near Fe Fed Fed- Federal eral recreation areas where It at Itcan can be used for admission It is also on sale at offices of the theU theU U S Forest Service National Park Service Bureau of Land Management Bureau of Outdoor Recreation Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife THE AREAS where fees will willbe be charged must meet four con con- They must 1 be ad ad- ad administered ministered by a federal agency 2 be administered primarily for scenic scientific historical I cultural or recreational purposes es es 3 have recreation I les ies or services provided at Fed Fed- Federal Federal eral expense and 4 be of such nature that fee collection is practical Recently issued federal regu- regu regulations regulations lations list the type of areas and activities exempt from fees For example no federal hunt ing or fishing licenses or fees may be charged The proceeds from the sale of the entrance sticker together with revenues from the federal motorboat fuels tax and pro pro- proceeds from sale of surplus fed fed- federal eral property go into the new newLand newLand Land and Water Conservation Fund Moneys from this fund will be used to meet the increasing IncreasIng ing demands for outdoor recreation tion needs at State local and Federal levels VICE PRESIDENT Hubert n II Humphrey stated It is gratify gratify- ing to me and I area am sure to most Americans to know that our payment for the Recreation Recreation- Conservation sticker will help assure protection for natural beauty along with more parks seashores forest refuges and other open space areas An estimated five m million lion Americans are expected to buy the sticker this year as a bar bar- bargain bargain gain for vacations and outdoor holidays |