NEW DNR Discover Pass News Release

[jackmaster]

its simple how in the hell am i suppose to believe what the people who are in charge of this discover pass are saying when we have been nothing but lied to so many times and now we are suppose to believe that its to take care of short falls acredited to budget cuts and staffing cuts..... well if i am to be made a believer then these people are gonna have to quit crying wolf.... essentially thats what they are doing 5 years from now there will be breaking news and it will be " the peeps in charge of the discover pass have been using this money for other means not what it was intended for" mark my words, and like i said if you buy a huntn or fishn license you should be exempt

[mulehunter]

My wife said she just heard on the radio that it's up to 3 million collected now....

Ya there was a piece on KOMO 4 news yesterday that said the same.

What you mean. Do  You mean Discover sold 3 million pass already? ?

Mulehunter

[BlackRidge]

i think that if you buy a huntn and fishn license you should be exempt from the discover pass

Agree'd %100

[fireweed]

Oh, the wonder of internet, now we can check the law's intent in seconds...

It is the intent of this act to reform and improve access to
and management of state lands on a sustainable basis for the recreating
public by: Providing a motor vehicle access pass and access policies for state lands; recovering the cost incurred by the state for
operations and management of recreation opportunities; providing resources to address the growing demand and impacts of outdoor recreationists and conservation of our natural resources; and providing effective education and enforcement of state land access policies.

...and it looks like IMPROVE is IN, at least as a pie-in-the sky idea.

[jager]

My wife said she just heard on the radio that it's up to 3 million collected now....

The WDFW commission meeting I watched last night said they are projecting $70 million!

[Special T]

Maintain or improve acess sounds a lot like make or save jobs... I guess the state has been using the same fuzzy logic that the president has...  They won't get money from me, but i'm really interested to find out how much money is raised by non hunters or anglers... And since they are using the same system to "sell" the passes it should be easy to find out if those passes have been sold to the hook and bullet crowd...

[bigtex]

My wife said she just heard on the radio that it's up to 3 million collected now....

Ya there was a piece on KOMO 4 news yesterday that said the same.

What you mean. Do  You mean Discover sold 3 million pass already? ?

Mulehunter

Not 3 million passes, $3 million in revenue from the passes.

[fireweed]

Aug 24, KOMO News and AP.
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Washington officials have sold $3 million worth of passes to state parks in the first six weeks of the program.

Agencies said Wednesday that they are optimistic that sales will continue to grow. The $30 annual Discover Pass and $10 day-use pass are critical streams of revenue for the state's parks, as officials plan to eventually wean the system off general tax dollars.

The pass provides access to the state's recreational lands, including parks, trails and wildlife areas. Officials expect sales to increase as the Discover Pass becomes available at vehicle licensing offices.

The program is expected to bring in more than $64 million every two years and will come in addition to revenue the state already collects from camping reservations, picnic shelter rentals and other fees.

[Swannytheswan]

i think that if you buy a huntn and fishn license you should be exempt from the discover pass, we sportsman do more for these lands than any other group and we already pay through the nose for it... my honest belief is they found a new way to get their bonuses and what a perfect way than to hide behind this discover pass b.s..... i havent seen one thing that leads me to believe that they are using these new found funds to improve squat... just like the lottery proceeds are suppose to pay for this and pay for that well how come there is never any money it that fund and they have to get it else where.. i think its time for a major interstate and national goverment overhaul... maybe its time for the goverment to made up of people that have actually worked for a living for a good part of their life..

  I can barely pay for my licenses

[bigtex]

Aug 24, KOMO News and AP.
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Washington officials have sold $3 million worth of passes to state parks in the first six weeks of the program.

Agencies said Wednesday that they are optimistic that sales will continue to grow...

They may need that optimism because summer is just about over. 

If there are $3 million worth of passes sold (day passes for $10 and annual passes probably averaging about three visits or $10 each)... that comes out to about 300,000 visits assuming no tickets have been written and fines counted as part of the revenue.

Fines from citations for failing to display the Discover Pass will NOT be deposited into the Discover Pass accounts for DNR, WDFW, and Parks. The fines will be handled just like any other citation that is written.

[Movemonger]

Can you say MISMANAGEMENT???

Where is (was) the oversite? 

[Heredoggydoggy]

I know a guy that has worked for the State Parks here in this county.  The last time I talked to him he spent a good part of the somewhat lenthy conversation telling me what a great job the UNION that the Parks employees belong to has been doing for the parks people.  I'll bet the union was solidly behind the enactment of the Discover Pass legislation to pad their coffers to be able to make donations to more liberal candidates for public offices!  If Parks employees lose their jobs from lack of funding, union dues receipts will take a hit.  Christine's backers can't have that!  And how will Jay Inslee ever win the Governor's race next year without the big campaign contributions from the unions?