Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, in conjunction with Lassen Volcanic National Park, invites the public to comment on a proposal to implement a dual park pass. The dual park pass will allow visitors to access both parks through the purchase of a single pass. This new pass will align the price of each parks' annual park pass to an equivalent amount, which would allow visitors unlimited entry to both National Park Service sites with the added convenience of only having to purchase one annual pass. The dual pass will cost the same as the current Lassen Volcanic annual park pass ($55), which will result in a $10 increase to the current $45 annual WHIS pass. The annual dual park pass is expected to be implemented on Jan. 1, 2020.
The comment period begins Sept. 19, 2019 and ends on Oct. 19, 2019. The public can submit comments online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/WHISDUALPARKPASS by selecting the link for: Proposed Implementation of Dual Park Pass for Lassen Volcanic National Park and Whiskeytown National Recreation. The comment link is only valid during the comment period.
For those who wish to comment by mail, please send comments to:
Superintendent
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
P.O. Box 188
Whiskeytown, CA 96095
Please be aware that entire comments, including personal identifying information such as address, phone number, email address, may be made publicly available at any time. Although commenters can ask us to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
The current National Park Service fee program began in 1997 and allows parks to retain 80 percent of monies collected. The remaining 20 percent has gone into a fund to support park units where fees are not charged. Entrance fees are not charged to persons under 16 years of age or holders of the America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreational Senior, Access or Military Passes. These passes may be obtained at the Park. Interagency Passes, which are honored at all federally managed land units, are not affected by the proposed fee increase and will remain at $80 for the Interagency Annual Pass, $20 for the Senior Interagency Annual Pass, $80 for the Senior Interagency Lifetime Pass, and free for the Access, Military, and 4th Grade Student passes.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
