How Do You Apply For A Homeschool Group Fee Waiver For A National Wildlife Refuge Field Trip?
National Wildlife Refuge visits are wonderful home school field trip destinations. With some pre-planning and organization, your group can enjoy a structured school visit with the both the parking fees and the entrance fees waived. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must comply with strict guidelines concerning entrance fee waivers. Organized school groups conducting trips for educational purposes must follow set guidelines to secure an entrance fee waiver. Visits for a recreational experience do not qualify for waivers. Our local group used these steps to waiver parking fees and entrance fees to Okefenoke National Wildlife Refuge and had fun while we learned. [These steps also worked to reduce entrance fees to Cumberland Island in Georgia.] Download the school field trip planning and information guide from your selected National Wildlife Refuge website more than a month in advance to allow time for gathering documentation and data, and mail delays. Have one name for your school group
