Re: [RC] re: fees on public lands - Jody Rogers-Buttram
We pay a fee to ride the horse trails at Bankhead...which is a National Forest. I never have felt bad about doing it. It is very nominal, you can pay $3 per visit, or spend $30 per year for the yearly pass stinker for your vehicle. I serve on a liason board with the FS, and trust me, they don't have the money sent down from Washington to cover all the costs of maintaining trails.
Jody in Alabama
--- On Wed, 6/3/09, Cindy Collins <c_collins@xxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Cindy Collins <c_collins@xxxxxxx> Subject: [RC] re: fees on public lands To: "Ridecamp Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2009, 11:14 AM
However, many of us do not ride in "state parks." In fact, most of us don't. And so, no, we don't pay any annual fees. We do ride on BLM, USFS and Bureau of Reclamation lands. We do pay taxes like every one else, but we do not pay any kind of special annual equestrian trail access fee for those lands like the OHV people have to do. BTW, this isn't just for regular DMV licensing/highway use. It can be an unlicensed atv or dirt bike and they still have to have a green sticker to go on public lands. They all pay for a "green sticker" and can't ride on those public trails that they pay taxes for, too, unless they get their green sticker. I knew that horse folks would have a hissy fit if anyone suggested that they should pay some kind of annual fee, but I just felt you should at least be aware that these other uses groups do pay a fee on top of their regular taxes.
Cindy
