Instead of developing a new fee why not just raise the fees at campgrounds?
In 2008 the Sequoia National Forest raised fees in six campgrounds and the Lake Isabella high impact recreation area that the Forest Service manages under the Recreation Enhancement Act. The fees from these areas will be used to operate, maintain and improve facilities and services at these sites. We need to look at ways to improve management and enhance services at other areas that are highly impacted by recreation. Most campgrounds on the Sequoia National Forest are run by concessionaires. Only a small percentage of the fees collected by these private businesses are returned to the Federal Government. There are only 2 options available for the money received from concessionaires: 1.) an agreement can be reached with the Forest Service for the concessionaire to take care of deferred maintenance items (landlord type items such as an outdated water system) at that campground or 2.) The concessionaire makes a monetary deposit into the Federal Treasury which is not returned to the unit th
