The Bureau of Land Management NEWS |
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The Bureau of Land Management NEWS |
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Last updated: 04/04/03
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Bureau of Land Management For Release: Friday, March 1, 2002 |
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BLM and Forest Service Announce Automatic Fee Adjustment for Special Recreation Permits An automatic adjustment to Special Recreation Permit fees charged by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service will take effect March 1, 2002. In accordance with a policy established in1989, the BLM, in concert with the Forest Service, adjusts the minimum annual and site reservation fee for all commercial and competitive use of Special Recreation Permits every three years. The BLM's minimum annual fee will remain unchanged this year at $80, while the minimum assigned/reserved site fee will be adjusted to $160, a $5 increase, for all commercial use of Special Recreation Permits. The amount of the fee adjustment is based on the Gross National Product Implicit Price Deflator Index. The automatic adjustment policy was published on October 19,1989, (54 FR 42998). This year's fee adjustment will remain in effect through March 1, 2005. The BLM, an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior, manages more land — 261 million surface acres — than any other Federal agency. Last year marked the 25th anniversary of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, which gave the BLM its comprehensive mission to manage the public lands for a variety of uses so as to benefit present and future generations. The BLM accomplishes this by managing for such resources as livestock grazing and mineral development, which helps meet the nation's energy needs, and by conserving natural, historical, cultural, and other resources on the public lands. Most of the country's BLM-managed public land is located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. These lands, once remote, now provide the growing communities of the West with open space that gives the region much of its character.
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