Of these, nearly 200 are managed by non-federal agencies such as state and county parks departments. The recreation areas include almost 2 million acres of water surface and about 13,000 miles of shoreline. Commercial recreation is handled through about 225 commercial concessions operations, offering public marinas, campgrounds, and swimming beaches. More than 90 million visits occur each year to these developed recreation areas. In addition, Reclamation projects have created new recreation opportunities for fishing on the rivers downstream of the dams.
Key sections appear to be mutually exclusive.
No person or entity, except an authorized outfitter, shall conduct a commercial outfitted activity on Federal land. 5 seems to say, you can continue your business even if you don't receive an authorization permit. 6 seems to say, no, you can't. S.1969 advances the notion of a commercial outfitter's indefinite right to use the allocated amount of the resource. The bill appears to require an agency to grant an authorized commercial outfitter an allocation of public land or water resources to conduct its business for an indefinite number of renewable 10-year terms.