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Contact: Emily Linroth, 202-619-7156 Fees will improve facilities, infrastructure and visitor experiences WASHINGTON – The National Park Service (NPS) approved increases to park fees for entrance, campgrounds, and picnic areas in several national parks in the greater DC area. All of these rate changes will become effective on January 1, 2017. There continues to be a growing need for funds to improve visitor use facilities, infrastructure and visitor services in parks. The new revenue from the fee increases will be used to enhance visitor services including repairing and maintaining facilities, investing in capital improvements, improving amenities, protecting resources and adding visitor programs and services. The NPS will focus work on deferred maintenance projects. Fort Dupont Park, DC Fort Washington Park, MD Group picnic area rates increase as follows: Greenbelt Park, MD Group picnic area rates increase as follows: Rock Creek Park, DC All picnic areas and campgrounds may be reserved on www.Recreation.gov. The NPS authorized parks to change recreation fee rates to align with a new national rate schedule, after they actively engaged the public and stakeholders about proposed changes and impacts. The decisions to adjust fees were made locally, with input from local communities, to ensure that the fee increases are implemented in a way that works best for parks and visitors. |
Last updated: December 23, 2016