The real shame here is the recipient of the fees, and the realization that you're just lining the pockets of Booz Allen while the parks remain underfunded. We

The real shame here is the recipient of the fees, and the realization that you're just lining the pockets of Booz Allen while the parks remain underfunded. We recently had (lost) an ugly battle over the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area in Las Vegas, which proposed and later adopted the Booz Allens reservations system under rec.gov. During the comment period, the overwhelming opinion of the community here was the reservation fee itself was not the issue, rather it was the fact that the fee does absolutely no good for the park itself. I personally spend 1-2 days every week in the park for ~5-6 months of year rock climbing. Every year now I pay $30 to the park for the annual pass, and nearly $80 (1.5 times a week over 26 weeks) directly to Booz Allen. It's a tragedy that this money couldn't be going back to the park and put to good use; instead I'm paying for a C-suite exec's raise and some pretty UX on a reservation site.