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Report: Public not keen on Forest Service access fees
The U.S. Forest Service is under fire for skirting laws on public land access and recreation fees. In some places, the agency charges fees just to park and hike on public lands, but federal law...
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Forest Service plan for ’14er fees’ not popular
CAIC Benefit Bash, Nov. 13. Click for more info. An aerial view of the South Colony Basin in the Sangre de Cristos, where the Forest Service floated a plan to charge fees for hiking. Local governments...
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Forest Service eyes changes to recreation fees
Regional review identifies sites where area-wide fees may not be consistent with the legislation that authorized them The U.S. Forest Service is considering some changes to recreation fee program. By...
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BLM wants final OK for Upper Colorado River fee hikes
Agency’s Resource Advisory Council to meet March 6-8 in Montrose The popular Radium recreation site on the Upper Colorado River. PHOTO COURTESY BLM. By Bob Berwyn SUMMIT COUNTY —A federal plan to raise...
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Another Forest Service recreation fee bites the dust
Court-ordered settlement ends hiking and parking fees at Mt. Lemmon Recreation Area in Arizona Opponents of Forest Service recreation fees continue to win court cases. By Bob Berwyn SUMMIT COUNTY —...
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Public lands access advocates lose latest skirmish with Forest Service over...
Court says private concession companies don’t have to meet agency standards for recreation fees on public lands Fee stations like this one at Pine Cove campground near Frisco, Colorado, could become...
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Outdoors: Public lands access advocates win another round in the battle over...
The legal battles over Forest Service recreation fees continue District court judges nixes Southern California Adventure Pass By Bob Berwyn FRISCO — The see-saw legal battles over public land...
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Congress eyes widespread public land pay-to-play fees
More public land fees ahead? ‘Stealth’ bill pending in House after passing committee without a hearing By Bob Berwyn FRISCO — In a classic bit of stealth lawmaking, House Resources Committee chairman...
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Court deal a win for fee-free public lands access in SoCal
Public lands access activists make progress in fight against recreation fees. @bberwyn photo. Settlement addresses pesky Adventure Pass fees on 4 Southern California national forests Staff Report A...
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