OK, so the Park Service didn’t put out a press release about how they’ll start allowing certain firearms in parks. But thankfully, they put one out about a few fee-free weekends this summer. That’s right, you won’t pay to enter “America’s Best Idea” on these weekends: June 20-21, July 18-19 and August 15-16.

U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazaar said the waived entrance fees would allow more Americans to enjoy an affordable vacation during tough times. The fee-free weekends are also supposed to give a boost for all the communities that surround our parks.

Arches National Park – FREE

Just don’t bring your gun; you can’t do that ‘til next year.

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No entrance fees

by jeffc, High Country News
June 3, 2009

<h1>No entrance fees</h1> <p class="byline">by jeffc, High Country News <br />June 3, 2009</p> <p>OK, so the Park Service didn’t put out a <a href="http://home.nps.gov/applications/release/Posting.cfm">press release</a> about how they’ll start allowing certain firearms in parks. But thankfully, they put one out about a few <a href="http://home.nps.gov/applications/release/Detail.cfm?ID=869">fee-free weekends</a> this summer. That’s right, you won’t pay to enter <a href="http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/">“America’s Best Idea”</a> on these weekends: June 20-21, July 18-19 and August 15-16.</p> <p>U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazaar said the waived entrance fees would allow more Americans to enjoy an affordable vacation during tough times. The fee-free weekends are also supposed to give a boost for all the communities that surround our parks.</p> <p><span class="discreet">Arches National Park – FREE<br /></span></p> <!-- RTT removed image (76636) --> <p>Just don’t bring your gun; you can’t do that ‘til <a href="http://www.nps.gov/bibe/planyourvisit/firearms.htm">next year</a>.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/blogs/goat/no-entrance-fees/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info Country News&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;quality=100&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=99716&amp;amp;ga4=G-0NS3WVPPTN&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/blogs/goat/no-entrance-fees/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/hcn.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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