Show Park Pork Passports Will Be Discontinued in 1970 Golden Eagle Passports the rr 7 7 permits to enter federal recreation areas will be discontinued discontinued dis dis- continued in 1970 but federal agencies plan to continue charging fees How much the new fees willbe will willbe willbe be and where they they'll 11 be collected col and what type of a collection collection col col- lection system will be used are still undecided THE PASSPORTS currently on cn sale in all federal agencies dealing with recreation will expire March 31 1970 Gerald F. F F F. Horton recreation recreation tion staff officer Wasatch National National Na Na- Forest said each federal federA feder feder- al A agency will have its own fee system and method of collection col coi- lection He said officials of the agencies are trying to work workout workout out cut a uniform system THE GOLDEN Eagle passport passport pass pass- port system arose from the theLand theLand theLand Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 It was designed designed de de- signed to help the federal government government gov gov- and state agencies obtain land for recreation It proved to be unpopular with many people who had entered national forests and other areas for many years tree free and suddenly found themselves themselves them them- selves paying for the lly permit or a 1 daily dally ticket THE METHODS of collection collection col col- lection varied from agency to tot t agency The National Park Service had the easiest time of collecting fees because its areas are tightly controlled with entrance gates Forest Service officials sent rangers through each picnic area ares or campground several times dally daily In the hope of catching the majority of forest users and collecting the fees IN MANY areas a board placed at the entrance to a recreation area has replaced the ranger and his many checks Mr Horton said when the passport program is a abolIshed abolished abol abol- bolo it will be replaced by the self service self service boards The boards contain envelopes envelop envelop- es used by a person to write on his Golden Eagle Passport number or deposit 1 for a adaily adaily adaily daily ticket This seems to tobe tobe tobe be the most acceptable collection collection col col- col lection system Mr Horton said Regional Forester Floyd Iverson has Issued orders to forest supervisors to tighten enforcement of the fee payment pay ment program |