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NPS Considering More Than Doubling Fees At Grand Canyon, Other Parks

Grand Canyon National Park south entrance station
(Photo courtesy of National Park Service)
Grand Canyon National Park south entrance station.

The National Park Service is looking into raising fees at 17 national parks, including Grand Canyon, Yellowstone and Zion.

The new fees would bring the total at those parks to $70 for a weekly pass, up from $30 now. The Park Service says the higher fees would bring in $70 million a year, which would help pay for deferred maintenance projects in the parks.

Kevin Dahl, Arizona senior program manager with the National Parks Conservation Association, talked about the fee hike.

Mark Brodie is a co-host of The Show, KJZZ’s locally produced news magazine. Since starting at KJZZ in 2002, Brodie has been a host, reporter and producer, including several years covering the Arizona Legislature, based at the Capitol.