Time for Illinois State Park Fees (1 Viewer)

[Linc]

With the kinds of fees I pay in other states for their state parks;
With national parks, forests, and monuments laying off tens of thousands of employees;
We need fees just to break even with our awesome state parks.
It’s time for blue states to take care of their own in project 2025.
Across-the-board economic austerity and the next depression are here.

From trails to fishing spots, here are the 12 most popular state parks in Illinois

Whether you are looking for wildlife areas or waterfalls, these parks draw the most visitors in Illinois.

www.pjstar.com

 

[Lursa]

With the kinds of fees I pay in other states for their state parks;
With national parks, forests, and monuments laying off tens of thousands of employees;
We need fees just to break even with our awesome state parks.
It’s time for blue states to take care of their own in project 2025.
Across-the-board economic austerity and the next depression are here.

From trails to fishing spots, here are the 12 most popular state parks in Illinois

Whether you are looking for wildlife areas or waterfalls, these parks draw the most visitors in Illinois.

www.pjstar.com

My (blue) state has state parks fees. And other fees for parking on state property to access public lands.

 

[Hamish Howl]

We don't have fees.

But we also don't have services. Walk among the Suguaro at your own risk. Keep an eye and an ear out for your good friend Mojave type B rattler.

 

[Linc]

My (blue) state has state parks fees. And other fees for parking on state property to access public lands.

WA and OR have more brains and mountains than IL.
It costs to pay our awesome parks people, not to mention fixing our roads.
Thank Goodness for FDR and the original CCC.

I’ll pay $80 out-of-state in Colorado in May for a 13 month pass while local CO residents now pay $29.99.
Almost all CO state park water is from reservoirs, the way of the west.

 

[Lursa]

We don't have fees.

But we also don't have services. Walk among the Suguaro at your own risk. Keep an eye and an ear out for your good friend Mojave type B rattler.

I hope you dont mean that parks personnel should be eliminating wildlife? In any case, they're not that common during the heat of the day when most people are out in the parks.

Sorry, my ex, a herpetologist, and I used to vacation in AZ to find reptiles. And birds and other wildlife but even searching, our best success was at night. As an ex-park ranger myself, I protected them all.

 

[Hamish Howl]

I hope you dont mean that parks personnel should be eliminating wildlife? In any case, they're not that common during the heat of the day when most people are out in the parks.

No, I mean that trails are not cleared, the park areas are entirely wild.

I have no urge to kill off snakes, because we'd be up to our asses in rats in a month.

 

[Lursa]

No, I mean that trails are not cleared, the park areas are entirely wild.

I have no urge to kill off snakes, because we'd be up to our asses in rats in a month.

Sorry, it's been ingrained into me over decades. And I'm very literal, no surprise there.

 

[dmpi]

My (blue) state has state parks fees. And other fees for parking on state property to access public lands.

WA state has the most confusing set of parking passes. I had to buy all of them to ensure I was covered. It's impossible to figure out which pass you need.

 

[Grizzly Adams]

We don't have fees.

But we also don't have services. Walk among the Suguaro at your own risk. Keep an eye and an ear out for your good friend Mojave type B rattler.

Almost stepped on a noisy danger noodle in Garden of the Gods a few months ago. My first encounter with one. That sound has no equal in nature and put me into some kind of stance I don't think I've ever posed in before.

 

[RF667799]

Maybe Illinois should do better with the money they get, rather than seek more user fees.


As evidenced by our WSFR audit, IDNR has struggled to effectively manage WSFR grants due to its lack ofpolicies, procedures, and defined job responsibilities; insufficient supervisory oversight and segregation ofduties; and lack of communication about and ownership of processes.

https://www.doioig.gov/sites/default/files/2021-migration/FinalManagementAdvisory_RisksIdentifiedforU.S.DOIGrantsAwardedtotheIllinoisDNR.pdf

 

[Hamish Howl]

Almost stepped on a noisy danger noodle in Garden of the Gods a few months ago. My first encounter with one. That sound has no equal in nature and put me into some kind of stance I don't think I've ever posed in before.

I know, right? Your poop tries to run away without you.

 

[Grizzly Adams]

I know, right? Your poop tries to run away without you.

It was more like a freeze frame from somewhere in the middle of a pitcher's windup.

 

[Juin]

My (blue) state has state parks fees. And other fees for parking on state property to access public lands.

No oxygen tax ?