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Comments
I have my parking tag for the Smokies on my windshield.
Because of historic reasons that are too complicated to explain here - refer to the original article -
Great Smoky Mountains National Park cannot charge an *entrance fee*.
A parking tag is a innovative way to get much needed revenues to the most visited national park in the country.
The park is severally underfunded, given the number of visitors who come for the day, for a few hours, for a few days.
All the large national parks charge an entrance fee but the Smokies can't.
So I'm all for it.
Danny Bernstein www.hikertohiker.com
You should not have to pay an additional fee
No. I don't think a pass holder should have to purchase a parking ticket. There's too many fees being assessed for visits to our great outdoors by rec.gov and the parks, now. Even a fee to get a "chance" to pay another fee for a campsite or permit in many parks now. The way things are going, soon, there will be a fee just to access rec.gov.
I don't agree with the parking fee. Having a senior pass, and paying for a campsite, this seems like an unnecessary cost. Not to mention the diversion of Ranger resources to parking enforcement.
The NPS doing an end around the intent of the enabling legislation to impose a non-entrance fee "parking" fee is a further example of the unelected bureacratic state (AKA The Swamp) making our government less democratic and unaccountable. Don't forget that Mount Rushmore pulled a similar stunt with it's parking garage. This will not be the last park to do this.
I like the parking pass idea to collect fees for park users and no fee for those that are just using the hiway to get through the park for other reasons. It would make sense for people that buy parks pass for all parks to get it to include getting a parking pass for this park given the purpose.
The Annual Pass should be all-encompassing. Raise it from $80 to $100 if you have to. But it should get me into every park for free.
Fees are important for the park. The base budget for GRSM is 20-24 million dollars, with a permanent staff of 120 employees and a total of 260 employees at seasonal peak. This cadre of people serves over 12 million people. They are overwhelmed at times, so they need all the help they can get.