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Show New Entrance Fee Schedule Becomes Effective at Zion Park and Other Areas A new entrance-foe schedule, established under the provisions of the Land and Water Conservation Conser-vation Fund Act of l!K.r, became effective at Zion National Park on April 8, Superintendent Ob-erhansley Ob-erhansley announces. The same entrance-fee schedule sche-dule is also in effect at Bryce National Park. Purpose of the new schedule of fees is to provide funds for more outdoor recn ution areas to meet the needs of the nation's rapidly growing population. Under the provisions of the act, the new recreation-conservation automobile sticker, which will cost $7, will admit the driver of a non commercial vehicle and all his passengers to designated Federal recreation areas for the ' year beginning April 1. Sup-' erintendent Oberhansley explained explain-ed that this should result in a considerable saving in admis- ; slon fees for visitors to national 1 parks, national forests, and other areas, especially for heads of families. For visitors who prefer not to purchase the annual stickers, single-entry or weekly permits will be available. Costs of the short-term fees are 50 cents per day or $2.50 mt week for every person 16 years of age or older, including those who enter the Park by common carrier, such as chartered and commercial buses. The special fee heretofore charged trailers will be discontinued. discon-tinued. Motorists who arrive at the park with trailers in tow will pay the same fees as those without with-out trailers, and the stickers on their cars will also admit their trailers. Zion and Bryce National Parks are among the many designated Federal recreation areas affected by the Land and Water Conservation Conserva-tion Fund Act. These areas are administered by the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, and Bureau Bur-eau of Reclamation, all in the Department De-partment of the Interior; the Forest For-est Service, In the Department of Agriculture; Army Corps of Engineers; En-gineers; Tennessee Valley Authority; Auth-ority; and the United States Sec- tion of the International Boundary Bound-ary and Water Commission (United (Un-ited States and Mexico). And the $7 automobile sticker will admit a family of any size and its guests to all the designated desig-nated recreation areas administered adminis-tered by all these agencies for a period of one year. Not all areas administered by the agencies are Included In the list of designated recreation areas, and they are not affected by the sticker program. "Designated recreation areas" are places that meet the following follow-ing four conditions: They must (1) be administered by any of the agencies listed above; (2 be administered primarily for scenic, scen-ic, scientific historical, cultural, or recreational purposes; (3) have recreation facilities provided provid-ed at Federal expense; and (4) be of such nature that fee collection col-lection is practical. Receipts from the sale of the stickers and short-term entry permits will go into the Land and Water Conservation Fund, together with receipts from other sources. Sixty per cent of the fund will be available on a matching basis to states, counties, coun-ties, and municipalities for planning, plan-ning, acquiring, and developing new outdoor recreation areas, subject to congressional appropriation appro-priation The remaining 40 per rent will be made available to Federal agencies for acquisition of additional outdoor recreation areas for public use. ! The act defines fees that may be charged for use of certain fa-; fa-; cilitios within the designated recreation re-creation areas. At present, these jfees are being studied. |
