4 ms·
Some of this sounds like standard subscontracting/procurement process for the feds. (I used to be a federal employee) But the underlying tone is that more and
by mattpallissard 4y ago
Some of this sounds like standard subscontracting/procurement process for the feds. (I used to be a federal employee)
But the underlying tone is that more and more people are visiting national parks. Which requires more infrastructure, wich in turn has more administrative overhead.
I spend a lot of time outdoors. If you're like me and don't like fees or permits or crowds. There are millions of acres ran by the forest service that have no amenities, that you can drive/walk into and simply get lost.
- ratchetbob 4y agoMuch of the money does not actually go towards maintaining the park or adding infrastructure (e.g., all the service fees on recreation.gov go to Booz Allen). So never have increase in physical infrastructure, just the digital reservation component.
- blacksmith_tb 4y agoNot just Forest Service lands (which have a nice online map[1] to find your nearest) but also Bureau of Land Management land as well, depending on where you are[2] (mainly the Western US). 1: https://www.fs.usda.gov/ivm/ https://www.fs.usda.gov/ivm/ 2: https://webmaps.blm.gov/program_apps/BLM_Natl_Recreation_Opportunities/ https://webmaps.blm.gov/program_apps/BLM_Natl_Recreation_Opp...
- cyanydeez 4y agoThe government artificially undermans it's programs so that contracting this stuff "makes sense". There's nothing specialized about running national parks.