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Article: Paying at the Park, PCBs and Chlorinated Paper.(polychlorinated biphenyls)(Brief Article)
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- E Magazine
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- November 1, 2001
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What are the pros and cons of charging national park entry fees?
--Robert Hill, Pensacola, FL
In some ways, national parks' twin goals of preserving American ands while opening them up to visitors are paradoxical. As more and more visitors pour into parks and campgrounds with cars and food, keeping lands and wildlife in their original, pristine state presents more of a challenge.
One of the obstacles to meeting this already difficult goal is money. According to the National Park Conservation Association, "For more than a generation, parks have been on a budgetary starvation diet." But in 1996, the Recreational Fee Demonstration Program began ...