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Show User Fee Hike In Glen Canyon Slated Glen Canyon-'National Recreation Area announced that the user fee for National Park Service campgrounds on Lake Powell and at Lees Ferry will be raised. A park spokesman stated that "federal regulations require that the Secretary of Interior establish fees to be charged. Fees are based on the cost of opperatin g the campgrounds and a comparability with other government and privately operated campgrounds. Comparisons were made with campgrounds with similar facilities in Arizona, Utah and southern California. As a result, the fee at Lees Ferry, Wahweap and Bullfrog campgrounds will be raised to $5.00 a night. The group facility at Wahweap will be $10.00 or $1.00 person, whichever is higher." Fee collection in the campgrounds will begin again around the middle of March. The park Service reminds those persons 62 years and older that they may obtain a Golden Age Passport. This passport provides for a 50 percent reduction in camping fees, as well as free entrance to Park Service areas where an entrance fee is charged. |