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Comments sought on proposed multiple parks pass By Lee Juillerat Updated: Jul 27, 2022 01:38 PM A A Wizard Island is seen from the Watchman Overlook in Crater Lake National Park. [David Smigelski/Mail Tribune] Public comments are wanted on a proposal to create a multi-park pass that would provide access to Crater Lake National Park, Lava Beds National Monument, Lassen Volcanic National Park and Whiskeytown National Recreation Area. If implemented, the multi-park pass would allow visitors to access all four parks through the purchase of a single pass. The new pass would “align the price of each park’s annual pass to an equivalent amount, which would allow visitors unlimited entry with a valid park pass to these four National Park Service sites with the added convenience of only having to purchase one annual pass,” according to a press release from the National Park Service. Cost for the multi-park pass would be $55, the same as the current annual pass at Crater Lake, Lassen and Whiskeytown. It is $10 more than the current $45 Lava Beds pass. The annual multi-park pass is expected to be implemented Jan. 1. The current National Park Service fee program began in 1997 and allows parks to retain 80% of monies collected. The remaining 20% goes into a fund to support parks where fees are not charged. The comment period for the proposed pass began July 22 and will end Aug. 21. People can submit comments online at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/fourparkpass . Select “Open For Comment” to access the comment link, valid only during the comment period. For those who wish to comment by mail, comments should be sent to: Superintendent Lava Beds National Monument, P.O. Box 1240, Tulelake, CA 96134. The release also notes that “entire comments, including personal identifying information such as address, phone number or email address may be made publicly available at any time. Although commenters can ask us to withhold personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.” Currently, entrance fees do not apply to visitors younger than 16 or holders of the Interagency Annual, Senior, Access or Military passes. Interagency Passes, honored at most federally managed land units, will not be affected by the proposed fee increase. The costs for the passes are $80 for an Interagency Annual Pass, $20 for a Senior Interagency Annual Pass, $80 for the Senior Interagency Lifetime Pass and free for people with Access, Military and 4th Grade Student passes.