America’s growing need for outdoor recreation areas was recognized by Congress with the passage of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965. This law authorizes entrance and users’ fees at Federal Recreation Areas and dedicates the money from those fees, plus revenue from the sale of surplus Federal real estate and the Federal tax on fuel used in pleasure boats, to the purchase and development of public recreation lands and waters.

Roughly 40 percent of your entrance fee goes to buy additional Federal Recreation Areas—a share in the California Redwoods, a bit of Fire Island, a view from Spruce Knob, a safe haven for the vanishing whooping crane, or the purchase of Hubbell Trading Post in northeastern Arizona. The other 60 percent goes to the states and through them to towns and counties to buy and develop “near to home” recreation areas such as Picacho State Park, Arizona. These grants are matched with an equal amount from state and local sources.

The $10 annual permit which is valid for some 7,000 Federal areas administered by the National Park Service, Forest Service, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Tennessee Valley Authority and Corps of Engineers may be purchased at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. For additional information about the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 ask a ranger.

This booklet is published in cooperation with the National Park Service by the
Southwest Parks and Monuments Association

A non-profit publishing and distributing organization supporting historical, scientific and educational activities of the National Park Service.

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