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By Jeffrey P. MayorStaff writerJanuary 10, 2015 The Discover Pass, which provides holders access to state recreation lands, will have a new look in 2015.The design, which features a green nature scene background, will help differentiate the pass from the yellow hangtag and paper vehicle access pass issued by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife.The new pass will be printed in full color on durable synthetic paper. It will be issued beginning this month through the Department of Licensing and State Parks websites. Passes also are sold at 28 state parks. The new passes for those locations will be shipped this month.The new passes will be available at more than 600 retail outlets statewide in February.The paper is tear resistant and will not curl or fade over the course of the year. It also is recyclable.For the state, the new pass has a benefit. It is cheaper to produce than the current passes printed on Tyvek.The pass is required when using recreation lands and water-access sites managed by Washington State Parks, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife and the state Department of Natural Resources. These lands include more than 100 state parks, almost 700 water-access points, heritage sites, more than 110 wildlife and natural areas, Natural Resources and Fish and Wildlife campgrounds, trails and trailheads and all-DNR managed uplands.The pass also can be transferred between two vehicles.Read more here: http://www.theolympian.com/2015/01/10/3510055_state-redesigns-look-of-discover.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy
I don't have any National Forest near me, so I have to purchase the pass, even if it's just so I can go target shooting in the woods.
I have yet to see Anyone enforcing the discover pass.
Quote from: DIYARCHERYJUNKIE on February 19, 2015, 07:07:12 AMI have yet to see Anyone enforcing the discover pass.Easily over a thousand tickets issued every year.
Are these going to be stand alone passes or are they going to be printed on the crappy wax paper the the hunter parking are made of? If they go to a designated DP hanger, then the cost just went WAY up and it will take more sales to make the parks department their meager sales.
There might be a teeny, tiny, itsy-bitsy improvement in hunting in the works, partly due to the unfairness of the Discover Pass. Bill 1346 that opens up some State Park land to hunting passed out of the first committee. It is changed to instruct the State parks to try a pilot program of allowing hunting in four state parks. One of the arguments pushing State Parks to allow some type of hunting somewhere is that 84% of the DP $ goes to parks when hunters buy one to hunt DNR.
The whole discover pass thing is *censored* we already shell out enough money as it is.I recently noticed a fresh dp required sign on a forest service bulliten board on forest service land, I sure wanted to rip it off. Fricken scums trying to trick people into buying a discover pass so they can park on forest service land. Ridiculous. You need a b.s. in discover pass in order to understand the reasoning behind it Quote from: bigtex on February 19, 2015, 07:24:23 AMQuote from: DIYARCHERYJUNKIE on February 19, 2015, 07:07:12 AMI have yet to see Anyone enforcing the discover pass.Easily over a thousand tickets issued every year.If mr jones catches ya on the athanum without one, you will be ticketed.
Quote from: Naches Sportsman on February 19, 2015, 07:55:00 AMThe whole discover pass thing is *censored* we already shell out enough money as it is.I recently noticed a fresh dp required sign on a forest service bulliten board on forest service land, I sure wanted to rip it off. Fricken scums trying to trick people into buying a discover pass so they can park on forest service land. Ridiculous. You need a b.s. in discover pass in order to understand the reasoning behind it Quote from: bigtex on February 19, 2015, 07:24:23 AMQuote from: DIYARCHERYJUNKIE on February 19, 2015, 07:07:12 AMI have yet to see Anyone enforcing the discover pass.Easily over a thousand tickets issued every year.If mr jones catches ya on the athanum without one, you will be ticketed.You should of removed it, that's straight up lying to get people to buy the pass, some people just don't know much about our public lands and who runs what and will buy on now they see the bogus sign. I caught up with my dues for the last three years last year.
Never seen one never will!
Will the new ones use UV resistant ink? I know my current pass that expires in August look like a blank piece of plastic stapled to the yellow mirror hanger.
The design, which features a green nature scene background, will help differentiate the pass from the yellow hangtag and paper vehicle access pass issued by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife.
