Entries filed under 'Forest Service'

In the Works: Fewer National Forest Trailheads Will Require Fees

By next year or even sooner, you may get to park fee-free at some of your favorite trailheads on national forest land in Western states. Changes are coming to the U.S. Forest Service's recreation fee program, though not until later this year or maybe 2013, USFS officials say, after public-comment periods. The most noteworthy change on the horizon: Vehicles parked at national forest trailheads that lack certain visitor amenities (restrooms, for example) will no longer be required to pay a fee or ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on March 5, 2012 6:02 PM & Tagged Forest Service, USFS, fees, parking and recreation fees | permalink | Comments



Discounts for Seniors, Disabled to Continue at Forest Service Campgrounds

Discounts for seniors and people with disabilities will remain in place at U.S. Forest Service campgrounds in 2010.   In mid-March the Forest Service announced it has scrapped plans to reduce the 50% discount it has long offered to seniors and the disabled when they visit Forest Service campgrounds operated by private businesses.   In late 2009, the Oregonian newspaper was one of several news outlets that reported the Forest Service had proposed changes to fees charged at its privately operated ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on March 22, 2010 5:24 PM & Tagged Forest Service, Golden Access, Golden Age, camping, disabilities, fees and seniors | permalink | Comments