The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public comment until Feb. 23 on two draft business plans that include proposals to adjust use and reservation fees at campgrounds and cabins managed by the Eastern Interior Field Office.
“Recreation fees are reinvested directly back into the local recreation program to expand and improve recreational opportunities,” said BLM Fairbanks District Manager Geoff Beyersdorf. “Fees paid here, stay here.”
The draft business plans include information related to the recreation fee sites, proposed fee changes, operation and maintenance costs, planned expenditures, a financial analysis and potential impacts of fee changes. The business plans include the following modifications:
- Increase the individual campsite fee at Cripple Creek, Eagle, Mt. Prindle, Ophir, Walker Fork, and West Fork Campgrounds to $12 at regular sites.
- Increase fee for the walk-in sites at Cripple Creek Campground to $6.
- Increase the group fee at Ophir Campground to $24 per night.
- Increase the fee at the White Mountains National Recreation Area cabins to $42 per night.
- Add an expanded amenity fee for reservation services.
Public comments on the proposed recreation use fee changes will be accepted through Feb. 23 and may be submitted using the following methods:
- E-mail: blm_ak_fdo_eifo_generaldelivery@blm.gov
- Mail: BLM Eastern Interior Field Office, 222 University Ave, Fairbanks, AK 99709
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