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I would have gladly accepted a sports drink from a ranger last time I went down Nutbuster in July!...or up Stiffknee in June for that matter.
This time of year, it is best to not follow "the most...

Hanging your food isn't always for the hikers safety. If a bear becomes too acclimated to humans and their food, it can often lead to them being put down as "problem bears". In the long run, you may...

The package says not to apply more than every 42 days. It will not last an entire season. Gear that I treated in March needed a second treatment later in June. If it is an item that is washed (or...

I'd have to disagree on the hatless suggestion. The right hat can block more heat from the sun than it retards from leaving your head (think pith helmet). A light colored hat with good ventilation...

You're making this overly complicated. Just be in your sleeping bag by curfew time, and everything will work as designed. If you have to get water or answer natures call, just get a hall pass.

If...

That's a bit of a strawman argument. My not agreeing to buy a taco does not mean that I would not buy any dinner.

With the stated objective of the fees being to pay for the reservation web site...

My perspective is that both "camps" pursue the no fee approach as fees wouldn't be about paying our way, the fees would be to pay everyone's way including drivers and dayhikers.

I don't know if horse campers have a stronger lobby, but I'm sure they will want to have input as well. Pitting horse campers versus hikers would only serve to present a non-unified front. As far as...

In that case, don't be afraid to also write your members of Congress. Marta, Heath Schuler is not your district, but he is from your state. With his district covering Bryson City, he may be more...

But they also want to move that to the contractor site.

It would appear from the link that a "no show" to your back country site could cost more than if you did show up.
"Camping/DayUse: If the customer does not arrive at the campground or group facility...

That goes back to not affording a last minute weekend hike without coughing up a few hours of driving into the visitors center.
That would be akin to having someone take your bicycle and agree to...

That's already handles with their own in house reservation software.

Unlike some of the other NP's, backcountry use has been declining in the Smokies over the last decade. The number of registered hikers will undoubtedly go down with the addition of fees. It will drop...

He or she may just be highlighting that new fees can promote behavior that makes the fee system a money losing proposition for the hiker and the park. Like it or not, fees beget avoidance. Sometimes...

There's plenty being wasted right here in the US and at higher levels and for more years than ever was spent in the other three places. It's not like anyone has proposed that money saved from the end...

Were fees to result in fewer backpackers (arguably the park's staunchest proponents), the next time a budget cut or policy rolls through Washington, there might be fewer interested parties to contest...

Naps will only be permitted during designated nap times and authorized nap stations.

That could be because Glacier charges a $30 application fee prior to collecting any admission fees.

That line of thinking might do well to expand upon. Do people treat a hotel room differently than borrowing a coworker's cabin? Most will be conscientious and courteous of a vacation destination...

But the proposals stated that the revenue would be used to pay for the Canadian call center and to hire staff to enforce payment to the Canadian call center. In essence the funds would be used to...

Exactly! The other difference will be that far more people will be doing so once the fees kick in. After all, the most likely place to get caught without your occupation authorization papers would be...

These fees are needed to fund the currently underfunded Department of Redundancies Department.

Hikers are not allowed to consume bugs and weeds procured in the park. Hikers will be allowed to provide their own bugs and weeds after paying a fee to ensure that they are inert and cannot impact...

Ah but they can charge to use the park, as front country sites currently charge. The grey areas is a charge for merely accessing the park is not permitted under the covenant (nor is prohibiting...