Fee Increases on Public Lands Are Coming

Chances are you have been seeing the Bureau of Land Management or the U.S. Forest Service put out notices for public comments on proposed fee increases. We are seeing a surge of these proposals across public lands for campsites, visitor services and other reasons. We want to ensure our members not only know of where these proposals are happening but how much the fee increase would be and what it would be used for. If these fee proposals are approved we want the agencies to use those fee increases to accommodate increased access and the growing need for recreational opportunities on public lands. This money that would be the result of fee increases from hard working citizens should never be used to restrict of limit access in any capacity.

With so many of these proposals in the works we found it would be tedious to do an action alert for each one. If you have concerns with these fee proposals, we encourage you to sign our petition below. We will be including this petition and its signers with the public comment that BlueRibbon Coalition submits for each proposal. So signing the petition will ensure your feedback is included in all of the proposals. If you would like to submit individualized comments, we encourage you to do so using the links at the bottom of this page:

Draft Business Plans for Public Comment:

Arizona

Arizona Strip Field Office

• Stateline Campground Arizona Strip Field Office/Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument Draft Business Plan

Yuma Field Office

• Yuma Field Office Amenity Fee Recreation Sites Draft Business Plan
• Yuma Field Office Long-Term Visitor Areas Draft Business Plan

Phoenix District Office

• Phoenix District Office Campground Fees Draft Business Plan

Tucson Field Office

• Tucson Field Office Recreation Fee Sites and Areas Draft Business Plan

Safford Field Office

• Safford Field Office and Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area Recreation Fee Sites and Areas Draft Business Plan

California

California

Mother Lode Field Office

• Draft South Yuba Business Plan
• Merced River Recreation Area Draft Business Plan

Colorado

Grand Junction Field Office 

• Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area (D-E NCA) Business Plan

Uncompahgre Field Office

• Uncompahgre Field Office Draft Recreation Business Plan

Idaho

Salmon Field Office

• Draft Salmon Field Office Recreation Fee Site Business Plan

Shoshone Field Office

• Draft Shoshone Field Office Business Plan

Coeur d’Alene Field Office

• Draft Huckleberry Campground Business Plan
• Draft Mica Bay Boater Park, Windy Bay Boater Park and Killarney Lake Campground Business Plan
• Draft Blackwell Island and Mineral Ridge Recreation Sites Business Plan

Montana

Madison River Recreation Fee Program-Montana

New Mexico 

Rio Puerco Field Office

• Draft Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument Business Plan
• Draft El Malpais National Conservation Area Business Plan
• Draft Three Rivers Petroglyph Site Business Plan and Fee Adjustment Proposal

Wyoming 

Lander Field Office

Campgrounds Business Plan