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Discover your perfect day in a park at find your park.com. Welcome to the October News from the Parks episode of the America's National Parks

podcast our new monthly series where we round up for you the latest info about

happenings in America's greatest treasures. I'm Jason Epperson.

The biggest news from the parks this month was a controversial plan by the Department of the Interior's Made in America Outdoor Recreation Advisory Committee, a group of outdoor and recreation business leaders.

The plan boasts the parks as quote, excellent outdoor and recreation business leaders.

The plan boasts the parks as quote,

excellent candidates for partner management

under concessions and leases, end quote.

It recommends everything from turning over campground operations

to private companies, indexing campground operations to private companies,

indexing campground prices to reflect inflation in the market,

blackout periods for discounted senior citizen and disabled camping fees during peak

seasons, and even access for food trucks.

The committee believes that the plan will help stabilize a park system that is a need for repair and maintenance,

while providing relief for a strapped national park service.

Detractors look at the plan as an attempt at a land grab, pointing to historic problems with

large concessionaires at places like Yosemite, Yellowstone, and the Grand Canyon, which have not resulted in revenue increases for the Park Service.

It's also not clear if concessionaires are interested in operating campgrounds in many parks.

Often when current contracts go up for renewal, they have few, if

any, bidders. But it's important to note that the plan is just one advisory committee's

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