Recreational Activities

Recreational Fee Demonstration Program

In 1996, Congress authorized the Recreation Fee Demonstration program (fee demo) through Public Law 104-134 (as amended: 16 United States Code 4601-6a), for the Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The intent of the program is to test the application of recreation fees that are reinvested in recreation areas on federal lands and used to maintain and improve natural resources, recreation facilities, and services. The Forest Service is currently testing fees nationwide on 92 projects in 114 National Forests across 36 states and Puerto Rico.

Current Information

• Blueprint for Forest Service Recreation Fees June 30, 2003
• 2003 Program Update
• Active Project List
• Find Use Fee Information for Projects
• Fiscal Year 2002 Forest Service Financial Tables (request info in an alternative format)
• Fiscal Year 2003 Forest Service Financial Tables (request info in an alternative format)
• FY2002 Report to Congress March 2003 (request alternative format)
• Legislative Activity and History
• Federal Recreation Pass Programs Brochure - August 2004   (8.5" x 14" format)

Research Materials

• Annotated Reading List - Volume 3 (2001)
• Comprehensive Bibliography (1999)
• Program Summary Report to Congress April 2002 (request alternative format)
• Executive Summary: Issues and Concerns to USDA's Recreational Fee Demonstration Program (request alternative format of this information)
• Issues and Concerns to USDA's Recreational Fee Demonstration Program (request alternative format)
• Supplement 1 Short index of additional readings (request alternative format)
• Supplement 2 Extended index of additional readings (request alternative format)
• Updated Analysis of Public Attitudes and Beliefs, 1996 - 2001

Other Sources

• April 2003 General Accounting Office Report

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