{"id":2549,"date":"2023-11-01T16:21:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T16:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/?p=2549"},"modified":"2023-11-01T16:21:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T16:21:17","slug":"shoshone-national-forest-in-wyoming-may-change-campground-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/shoshone-national-forest-in-wyoming-may-change-campground-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming May Change Campground Fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.thedyrt.com\/uploads\/2019\/05\/shutterstock_123079675-1.jpg\" alt=\"Shoshone National Forest is Your Less Crowded Alternative to Yellowstone\" width=\"555\" height=\"370\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Fees on a number of Shoshone National Forest campgrounds will increase rise from $5 to $10 per single slot, under a proposal before the public.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Also, the forest will start charging to stay at some currently free campgrounds. Extra charges may be levied for double spaces and\/or hookups.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The Sunlight Ranger Cabin will see the highest hike, to $225 per night from the present $150 per night.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The additional income will enable the forest \u201cto keep the staff on those sites and maintain them,\u201d said Paul Rau, SNF outdoor recreation planner. \u201cSupplies are getting super expensive, and contracts for trash and pumping have seen dramatic increases.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The last fee changes occurred in 2006, so \u201cthey\u2019ve been static while inflation increased,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Public comments on the proposed increases will be accepted through Tuesday, Oct. 31, and can be emailed to <a href=\"mailto:Shoshone@usda.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Shoshone@usda.gov<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">A new fee of $10 per night will be levied at three Meeteetse-area campgrounds \u2013 Deer Creek, Wood River and Jack Creek.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">On the North Fork,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Big Game will go from $10 to $15<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Newton Creek, Threemile, Wapiti and Rex Hale $15 to $20<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Elk Fork $10 to $20<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Eagle Creek $15 to $25. If water isn\u2019t available on Elk Fork, the fee will drop to $15.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Clearwater Group Campground will cost $90 per night, now $60.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">In Sunlight Basin\/Clarks Fork area,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Little Sunlight will go from 0 to $10, Dead Indian<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Lake Creek $10 to $15<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Crazy Creek $10 to $20 &#8211; Without water, Crazy Creek will drop to $15<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Hunter Peak $15 to $20.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">In the Beartooths,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Beartooth Lake and Island Lake will rise to $25 from $15<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Fox Creek <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">to $30 from $20<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Lily Lake to $10 from 0.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">To get detailed information and to comment online, visit: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/usfs.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapSeries\/index.html?appid=c6ccf2cf19e44e39995868ccf0ce70fc&amp;amp;amp;f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/usfs.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapSeries\/index.html?appid=c6ccf2cf19e44e39995868ccf0ce70fc&amp;amp;amp;f<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.codyenterprise.com\/news\/local\/article_6aad6aa0-7757-11ee-84f8-87617e711d05.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Source<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fees on a number of Shoshone National Forest campgrounds will increase rise from $5 to $10 per single slot, under a proposal before the public. Also, the forest will start charging to stay at some currently free campgrounds. Extra charges may be levied for double spaces and\/or hookups. The Sunlight Ranger Cabin will see the highest hike, to $225 per night from the present $150 per night. The additional income will enable the forest \u201cto keep the staff on those sites and maintain them,\u201d said Paul Rau, SNF outdoor recreation&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2550,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2551,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549\/revisions\/2551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}