[Waterman]

A bill introduced as a revision to the way permits for guides and outfitters are administered contains a few tricky words that would create a booby trap for the public because they could be used to charge fees for ALL access to our federal public lands. HR 289 the Guides and Outfitters Act The bulk of the bill affects those holding permits to provide commercial guiding services. It is Section 2 that contains the surprise. "For specialized individual and group use of federal facilities and federal recreational lands and waters, such as, but not limited to, use of special areas or areas where use is allocated, motorized recreational vehicle use, and group activities or events". The only criteria for a Special Recreation Permit Fee would be that you are visiting a "special area". Neither special or area is defined. The phrase "such as but not limited to". This phrase opens the door to allow agencies discretion to designate any federal lands a "special area ". Please call your representative and oppose the language in Section 2 of HR289 http://westernslopenofee.org Legislative hotline 8005626000

[zephyr]

On your other thread.