The beauty of this program is that all of this money stays right here where it was collected and is used for projects that benefit those who have paid the fee. The Sawtooth NF made a major modification to their program this year. People did not like the idea of having to carry a pass with them while they visited the Forest. Throughout this program we have asked visitors for their ideas and views and have made several changes in an effort to be responsive to their needs and desires.
Annual passes are good for one year from the date of purchase .
Our employees continue to see more and more vehicles displaying the parking pass and that is very gratifying for us. Our goal during that time was to contact forest visitors, explain the program to them and request that they purchase the pass during their next visit. However, a number of people told us we needed to be fair to those who had purchased the pass and that we should enforce the requirement. Beginning this year we are enforcing the parking pass requirement. LeVere added that when vehicles parked in the designated trailheads are not displaying the pass, a Notice of Non-compliance is issued.