Why do Hoodoo and/or the Forest Service charge day use fees?
In some places day use fees are new in others they have been charged for many years. Our feeling at Hoodoo is that it is a matter of fairness. We have a certain amount of costs. Part of these costs come from having to haul garbage from, provide toilets for and keep the day use areas free from litter. In is not uncommon for our day use areas to cost us more than a campground site each day. Where there are boat ramps the cost is much more. Someone has to pay those costs. In the past it has been the campers, whose camp fees subsidized the costs incurred for the non overnight user. As camp fees have gone up, it has become more obvious that this is not fair. Without day use fees the camp fees would need to be increased by about at least $1 per evening. This is not a lot, but it still isn’t fair that the campers have to pay for others that for the most part the campers wish were not even there. The Forest Service in some Forests charge a NW Forest Pass fee of $5 per day or $30 for a season p
