Professional Opinion Paper 5 - The Future of Fees and Their Connection to Visitation

Abstract

The Coalition of National Park Service Retirees calls for a complete review of the requirement for visitors to pay fees to enter and to partake in certain activities in national parks. This paper presents some of the current pitfalls and inequities of fees and describes the expansion of fees, particularly for interpretive and education programs, as well as the increase in the amounts of fees.

NOTE: This paper is in .pdf format because some attributes are lost otherwise.