The Lewis-Clark Visitor Center in Montana is an example of a Forest Service fee site. Forest: Lewis-Clark Region: 1

Fees can be collected for individual recreation sites or by selling regional or national passes. Single-day, multi-day, and annual passes may be sold.

The REA mandated creation of a new interagency Federal public lands recreation pass. The new "America the Beautiful—National Parks and Federal Recreation Lands Pass" (Web site available only to FS and BLM employees) will cover entrance fees and standard amenity recreation fees for all Federal recreation lands and waters where a fee is charged. The new passes will be good for all lands managed by these agencies:

• National Park Service
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Bureau of Land Management
• Bureau of Reclamation
• U.S. Forest Service

Having a uniform fee program for all these agencies should reduce public confusion about public land recreation fees and make recreational use of Federal public lands a little easier.

The Forest Service can continue selling regional passports such as the Northwest Forest Pass or the Southern California Adventure Pass. Existing national agency passes will be honored until they expire.

Existing accounting procedures will continue to be used until new procedures are developed. The Northern Region has prepared an example of the accounting procedures (Web site available only to FS and BLM employees) for Golden Age and Golden Eagle passport sales.

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