San Bernardino National Forest  

Your Fees at Work - Since 1997

How Does the Forest Service Invest Revenue From Recreation Fees?

Making improvements for forest visitors is the reason for the Recreation Fee Program. The Forest Service has worked hard to provide the services that visitors said they want most on the southern California national forests; cleaner restrooms and more frequent trash removal, better maintained trails, more information, better protection of the environment, and less crowded places to recreate. We are proud of what has been accomplished during the past 9 1/2 years of the fee program. Depicted in the table and chart below is a partial listing of improvements the Forest Service has tracked since the beginning of the Recreation Fee Project. Several new categories were added for 2005. The table compares what was accomplished with fees to the accomplishments made with appropriated funding during Fiscal Year 2006. Photologs of examples of this work are also provided for 2002-2005. Photologs of examples of this work are also provided.

• View a table comparing improved services and facility upgrades
• View a pie-chart display of revenues
• View photos - Improved services, facility repairs, maintenance, habitat restoration

• Cumulative totals may include multiple projects at the same location.
Records for accomplishments in the categories above do not exist prior to 1997.

* Additional public services provided by Field Rangers, funded by recreation fees.

n/a - information not available (not collected)

1/ - Figures in these categories are reported for the first time for 2005. Cumulative figures prior to 2005 do not exist.

2/ - These figures (starting in FY 2004) reflect a change in reporting from prior years on two sub-units, which were under-reporting accomplishments in these categories.

Total Recreation Fee Revenues

Total Recreation Fee Revenues: $26,633,135*

• Revenue already invested in on-the-ground projects: 68%
• Revenue collected for future on-the-ground projects (2007-2008): 8%
• Fee Collection Costs: 19%
• Regional investment fund: 5%

*Southern California National Forests, 6/97 through 9/06

Photologs of Investment Accomplishments

The Forest Service reports investment accomplishments to Congress annually. Check out the photologs below for examples of Your Fees at Work.

•   Annual Report Photolog for FY2006

• Annual Report Photolog for FY 2005

• Annual Report Photolog for FY 2004

• Annual Report Photolog for FY 2003

• Annual Report Photolog for FY 2002