Solution to recent items mentioned is simple...
Charge $200 per visit to anyone who wants to visit the parks... but if you show an American ID of any sort it is free (or maybe something like $10).
Same process is used in many other countries.
by mrchad9 » Wed Nov 01, 2017 5:08 pm
by Bill Reed » Thu Nov 02, 2017 7:52 pm
seano wrote:Higher fees are a terrible way to control the number of visitors. I would much rather see a quota system like they have for Mount Whitney, with a reservation fee and a limited number of walk-in permits each day. If you're concerned about a secondary market and scalpers, you can always tie reserved permits to IDs.
by stinkysox77 » Thu Nov 02, 2017 8:06 pm
by seano » Thu Nov 02, 2017 8:36 pm
by chugach mtn boy » Thu Nov 02, 2017 8:51 pm
Its a park, it pretty much runs itself.
by lcarreau » Fri Nov 03, 2017 2:06 am
chugach mtn boy wrote: It's just not a very efficient way to raise money.
by brianhughes » Fri Nov 03, 2017 2:55 am
by stinkysox77 » Fri Nov 03, 2017 12:21 pm
chugach mtn boy wrote:Its a park, it pretty much runs itself.
No attraction that gets 4.5 million visitors a year runs itself right. Road maintenance and policing alone cost money and require some supervision, if you are going to do them decently.
But there is another approach out there. I've just come back from Africa where some of the parks really are allowed to run themselves. It's not going all that well, though ...
To me, the best argument for tax funding rather than user fees is that it costs so damn much to collect these fees, with the entrance stations that turn thousands of rangers into cashiers. It's just not a very efficient way to raise money.
by stinkysox77 » Fri Nov 03, 2017 12:54 pm
by mrchad9 » Fri Nov 03, 2017 7:42 pm
by mstender » Fri Nov 03, 2017 10:04 pm
stinkysox77 wrote: I think its time to get rid of all the roads and services within the parks and make them true wilderness areas.
by lcarreau » Sat Nov 04, 2017 1:51 am
by Bob Sihler » Sat Nov 04, 2017 5:39 am
stinkysox77 wrote:I think its time to get rid of all the roads and services within the parks and make them true wilderness areas.
by Scott » Sat Nov 04, 2017 6:00 am
What's aconstructive, feasible solution that doesn't involve pricing out tax-paying citizens?
by stinkysox77 » Mon Nov 06, 2017 1:25 pm
Bob Sihler wrote:
What's a constructive, feasible solution that doesn't involve pricing out tax-paying citizens?
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