Say No to Increased National Park Entrance Fees

Help Keep America's Parks Affordable for Everyone

Goal: 25,000 • Progress: 8,553

Sponsored by: National Parks Conservation Association

The Trump administration is proposing massive fee increases in 17 national parks — increases that could see entrance fees almost jump from $25 to $70. And while the administration claims this fee hike will help address the growing maintenance needs in our parks, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke estimates that the new fees could raise just a tiny fraction of the current $11.3 billion maintenance backlog!

Our parks and the American people deserve better.

Please sign our petition today to tell the Administration to work with Congress to come up with long-term, meaningful solutions to the national parks maintenance backlog that don't put the burden on American families.

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I do not support the drastic proposed fee increases at 17 national parks because it will make these places — protected for all Americans to experience — unaffordable for many American families to visit.

The solution to the parks' repair needs should fall to Congress, and cannot and should not be shouldered by its visitors. The National Park Service Legacy Act is a bill pending in Congress that addresses the National Park Service maintenance backlog and it deserves the Department of the Interior's support. This bipartisan legislation would provide a more substantial — and sustainable — investment in our parks.

Proposed fee increases at each park should be evaluated at the local level with abundant opportunity for public input to determine the proposed uses of fee increases. Potential impacts on park visitation and gateway communities should also be examined.

If done appropriately, fees could be a part of the solution to address the $11.3 billion National Park Service backlog. However, given the scale of the backlog, increasing fees alone cannot be the answer to this enormous challenge.

Thank you for considering my comments.

Sincerely,

Petition Signatures

Apr 19, 2018 Lin Clarke

Apr 19, 2018 Virginia Boehne

Apr 19, 2018 Eli Celli

Apr 19, 2018 Peter Menham

Apr 19, 2018 Yvonne McMahon

Apr 19, 2018 Andries Grobbelaar

Apr 19, 2018 Troy & Cindy Hansen

Apr 19, 2018 Lisa Sherman

Apr 19, 2018 randi voye

Apr 18, 2018 (Name not displayed)

Apr 18, 2018 Christy Schauf

Apr 18, 2018 Peter C Krebs

Apr 18, 2018 Teresa Brooks

Apr 18, 2018 Linda Gordon This our land and it should not become a money-making venture for ANYONE ! Please leave us SOMETHING to enjoy.

Apr 18, 2018 Sandra Wanamaker

Apr 17, 2018 Karla Lagos

Apr 17, 2018 Joanne Howard

Apr 14, 2018 Juanita Bittle

Apr 10, 2018 Elizabeth Wolff

Apr 10, 2018 Barbara Tomlinson

Apr 10, 2018 Brian Reynolds

Apr 10, 2018 Shawnda Drennen-Schwartz

Apr 8, 2018 Kathy Clements Careful consideration of each park's needs and with thorough public input on a park by park basis is a much more sensible policy. The Federal government needs to be charged with maintaining appropriate funding to maintain our national treasures.

Apr 8, 2018 chantal van beveren

Apr 7, 2018 (Name not displayed)

Apr 7, 2018 Jo Johnson

Apr 6, 2018 Lisa vasta

Apr 6, 2018 Shirley Cooksley

Apr 5, 2018 Angela Hembroff

Apr 5, 2018 Margherita Pinto

Apr 5, 2018 Iva Stoykova

Apr 4, 2018 Elisa Olivares Garrido

Apr 2, 2018 Madison Daniels

Apr 1, 2018 Elvira Trebesius

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