Ib tug neeg tuaj saib lub nkoj thaum kaj ntug ze Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., thaum Lub Rau Hli 21, 2017. (Bob Wick / Bureau of Land Management).
Sijhawm Nyeem Ntawv: 6 feeb

Recreation.gov, lub teb chaws portal rau kev nkag mus rau cov kev ua si ua si nyob rau hauv tsoom fwv teb chaws, yog cluttered nrog tsis tau tso cai thiab tej zaum yuav txhaum cai "cov nqi junk" uas muaj peev xwm tsim tau ntau pua lab nyiaj daus las rau ib tug tsoom fwv cog lus ntiav los ua hauj lwm qhov chaw, raws li ib tug foob. 

cov ua ntaub ntawv tsa cov lus nug ntawm seb Recreation.gov puas siv tau rau pej xeem cov av rau cov txiaj ntsig ntawm Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., uas ua haujlwm ntawm qhov chaw. Nws tau foob lub hli tas los hauv Lub Tsev Hais Plaub Hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas rau Eastern District of Virginia thiab hais kom lub tsev hais plaub kom Booz Allen rov qab rau cov neeg siv khoom kev ua, rho npe, thiab tshem tawm cov nqi them rau lub vev xaib thiab mobile app.

Ib qho screenshot ntawm Recreation.gov qhia cov chaw pw hav zoov muaj rau kev tshwj tseg.

Qhov kev foob raug coj los ntawm xya tus neeg nyiam sab nraum zoov uas tab tom nrhiav kom muaj qhov teeb meem raug lees paub raws li kev ua hauv chav kawm. Recreation.gov tuav kev tshwj tseg rau kaum ob ntawm tsoomfwv cov chaw pw hav zoov thiab chaw ua si hauv Wisconsin, suav nrog Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest thiab Bureau of Land Management-owned Islands nyob rau hauv Wisconsin River.

"Peb tsis nyuaj rau cov nqi siv uas mus rau kev nkag mus rau tsoomfwv cov av. Peb tab tom nyuaj rau cov nqi hloov pauv uas tau them 100 xees ntawm tus duas rau Booz Allen, "hais tias tus kws lij choj tus kws lij choj, Wesley M. Griffith ntawm Tycko & Zavareei.

Lub ntsiab lus tseem ceeb ntawm cov neeg foob yog seb cov nqi puas raug tso cai raws li Tsoom Fwv Teb Chaws Txoj Cai Lij Choj Kev Ua Si Zoo Tshaj Plaws (FLREA), uas tshwj xeeb teev cov nqi uas tuaj yeem sau tau ntawm National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, US Forest Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service. thiab US Bureau of Reclamation sites thiab lawv yuav siv li cas.

Lub Tsev Hais Plaub Hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas kev txiav txim xyoo tas los hauv Nevada tau hais tias "tus nqi ua haujlwm" raug them los ntawm Recreation.gov kom nkag mus rau qhov kev tso npe nkag mus rau thaj chaw kev txuag hauv lub tebchaws uas tswj hwm los ntawm BLM tau raug tswj xyuas tsis raug vim cov pej xeem tsis tau muab sijhawm los tshuaj xyuas thiab tawm tswv yim txog cov nqi, raws li xav tau nyob rau hauv FLREA.

Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest kos npe tua thaum Lub Xya Hli 13, 2020. (Seclusive Nature on Flickr)

Qhov kev foob tam sim no, uas tau hais txog Nevada kev txiav txim siab, liam tias Booz Allen tus nqi yog zoo li cov lus nug txog tus nqi Ticketmaster affixes ntawm kev yuav khoom lom zem, thiab uas tau tshwm sim hauv daim ntawv cog lus xauj tsheb thiab txawm tias nyob hauv tsev so. Cov thawj coj Biden tau hu ua cov nqi ntxiv no "cov nqi tsis raug."

Thaum qhov kev foob nrhiav kom rov qab tau ntau pua lab nyiaj daus las hauv cov nqi rau cov neeg siv Recreation.gov los khaws cov chaw pw hav zoov, ntab dej thiab mus rau hauv lub backcountry hauv National Park System thiab lwm thaj av tseem fwv, Booz Allen hais tias "cov lus sib liam yog qhov tsis raug. thiab qhia txog qhov tsis muaj kev nkag siab ntawm Booz Allen txoj haujlwm txhawb nqa tsoomfwv. "

"Peb zoo siab rau peb txoj haujlwm thiab tus nqi uas Recreation.gov muab," said Ashley Howard, tus kws tshaj lij hauv xov xwm kev sib raug zoo rau kev lag luam rau McLean, Virginia-based tuam txhab cai lij choj, hauv email rau Traveler. "Peb yuav tiv thaiv tawm tsam cov kev thov tsis zoo no."

Recreation.gov tus nqi qauv

Xyoo 2016, Booz Allen tau kos npe rau daim ntawv cog lus tsib xyoos nrog US Forest Service los tswj lub Recreation.gov portal rau tsoomfwv, suav nrog National Park Service. 

"Tshwj tsis yog tus qauv nqi ib txwm muaj, qhov kev cog lus tshwj xeeb yog tus qauv them nqi ua lag luam uas cia tsoomfwv thiab Booz Allen koom nrog kev pheej hmoo, nqi zog, txiaj ntsig, thiab cuam tshuam. Qhov no yog kev sib koom tes ntawm pej xeem thiab ntiag tug tiag tiag - nws siv tsis muaj tsoomfwv nyiaj txiag, "Booz Allen sau rau ntawm nws lub vev xaib.

Wisconsin Rapids duab rau lub Rau Hli 20, 2017. (Bob Wick / Bureau of Land Management)

Hos tsoom nom tswv cog lus tias tsis muaj nqi rau tsoom fwv rau kev khiav hauj lwm Recreation.gov, xov xwm tshaj tawm thiab tsev hais plaub cov ntaub ntawv Xyoo 2017 tau khi ib qho $ 182 lab tus lej rau daim ntawv cog lus uas tau kos npe los ntawm Obama cov thawj coj hauv xyoo 2016. Tsis tas li ntawd, hauv nws daim ntawv thov nyiaj xyoo 2021, Lub Chaw Pabcuam Hav Zoov nrhiav $ 120 lab rau "kev sib koom tes pab nyiaj cog lus (uas) txhawb kev tshwj tseg rau txhua qhov chaw ua si ntawm pej xeem thaj av uas tso cai rau kev tshwj tseg. "

Tus Neeg Ncig Tebchaws tau thov ib daim qauv ntawm daim ntawv cog lus raws li Tsoom Fwv Txoj Cai Lij Choj ntawm Cov Ntaub Ntawv thiab cov ntsiab lus ntawm Kev Pabcuam Hav Zoov qhov kev thov nyiaj txiag. Raws li a nqe lus tau ua raws li kev cog lus xyoo tas los nyob rau hauv Nevada rooj plaub, cov nqi ua haujlwm mus rau US Treasury, uas nyob rau hauv lem reimburses Booz Allen cov nqi ntxiv.

Txog thaum nyuam qhuav tsis ntev los no, ntau lub tiaj ua si hauv tebchaws tau tswj hwm lawv tus kheej lub tebchaws rov qab los thiab lees txais cov nqi lawv tus kheej. Tab sis nyob rau hauv xyoo tas los no, cov chaw ua si tau raug thawb mus rau hauv Recreation.gov system. Ntawm cov chaw ua si uas nyuam qhuav hloov mus rau Recreation.gov rau kev tshwj tseg yog Yellowstone National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, Tshav Kub Xeev Khuam thiab Pob Tsuas Xyooj Dej Hiav Txwv Chaw Tshua.

At Congaree National Park, cov neeg ua haujlwm tau suav tias qhov nce tsis ntev los no ntawm cov nqi them rau campsite tus nqi siv Recreation.gov tswj cov kev tshwj tseg.

Nkag siab txog FREA

cov Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act tso cai tsib lub koom haum - NPS, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Fish and Wildlife Service thiab Forest Service - los sau cov nqi tshwj xeeb rau kev txhim kho ntawm qhov chaw los siv los txhim kho cov neeg tuaj xyuas kev paub, xws li kev taug kev, kev kho vaj tse thiab cov kev pab txhais lus. Txoj cai lij choj tso cai rau Lub Chaw Pabcuam Chaw Ua Si thiab Kev Pabcuam Ntses thiab Tsiaj Tsiaj los them tus nqi nkag, thiab tag nrho tsib lub koomhaum kom them "nqi ntxiv kev pabcuam" rau cov chaw tshwj xeeb, kev pabcuam thiab kev tso cai ua si. 

FREEA xav kom pej xeem koom nrog hauv kev teeb tsa cov nqi. Hauv lawv qhov kev tsis txaus siab, cov neeg foob hais txog Nevada rooj plaub uas lub tsev hais plaub tau pom $ 2 tus nqi ua si mus saib Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area hauv Nevada tsis ua raws li FREA cov kev cai rau pej xeem kev koom tes.

Cov neeg tuaj ncig ua si tau npaj txhij thauj lub nkoj nkoj ntawm Stockton Island thiab rov qab mus rau Bayfield. Lub Apostle Islands Cruise Service muaj hnub mus ncig ua si rau cov kob thiab shuttles rau cov neeg pw hmo ntuj. (Courtesy ntawm National Park Service)

Raws li Congressional Research Service, "cov koom haum muaj kev txiav txim siab dav hauv kev siv cov nyiaj tau los rau cov hom phiaj tau teev tseg hauv FREA uas yog lub hom phiaj kom muaj txiaj ntsig rau cov neeg tuaj saib ncaj qha. … (thiab) tej zaum yuav tsis siv ntau tshaj 15% ntawm kev sau rau kev tswj hwm, nyiaj siv ua haujlwm, thiab cov nqi tsis ncaj. "

FREEA tau tso cai dhau lub Kaum Hlis 1, 2023.

Cov nyiaj tau los ntawm Booz Allen garners los ntawm nws cov nqi ntxiv yog cais los ntawm cov nqi nkag thiab kev ua si - xws li cov chaw ntiav pw hmo ntuj thiab cov ntawv tso cai rov qab - raug them los ntawm cov chaw ua si hauv tebchaws thiab lwm qhov chaw ua si hauv tsoomfwv tau txais los ntawm Recreation.gov.

Txawm hais tias tsoomfwv tsis tau them tus nqi - xws li daim ntawv tso cai nkag mus rau lub sijhawm Arches National Park - Booz Allen levies tus nqi sib pauv los ua txhua daim ntawv tso cai. Xyoo 2022, 310,033 tus qhua nkag mus rau Arches nrog daim ntawv tso cai nkag mus rau lub sijhawm, hais tias Kaitlyn Thomas, tus kws tshaj lij pej xeem, hauv email. Recreation.gov tau them $ 2 rau ib lub tsheb, ua rau $ 620,000 rau Booz Allen.

Ntau lab kev lag luam - thiab ntau lab nyiaj tau los

Qhov tseeb npaum li cas Booz Allen reaps los ntawm Recreation.gov tsis tau paub rau pej xeem, thiab nws yuav raug nqi npaum li cas rau kev khiav hauj lwm Recreation.gov txhua xyoo. Qhov kev foob hais tias Recreation.gov tau tuav 9 lab kev lag luam hauv xyoo 2021 thiab tsim "tsawg, yog tias tsis yog pua pua, ntawm ntau lab nyiaj tau los txhua xyoo rau Booz Allen, ua rau muaj kev poob qis."

Ib tug neeg pw hav zoov nyob ntawm Wisconsin River Campsite nyob hauv Wood County, Wisconsin yog duab rau lub Yim Hli 10, 2013. (Courtesy of Bureau of Land Management)

Nrog rau cov nqi ua haujlwm, Recreation.gov them nqi tsis them rov qab $ 6 tus nqi rho npe uas mus rau Booz Allen rau ntau yam kev ua si lom zem, xws li nce toj Mount Whitney hauv California, siv hmo ntuj hauv Enchantment Permit Area hauv Cascade Roob hauv Washington xeev thiab khiav nruab nrab nkhaus ntawm tus dej Salmon hauv Idaho.

Xyoo tas los no muaj 22,435 tus neeg thov rho npe rau daim ntawv tso cai los khiav nruab nrab nkhaus ntawm Salmon River hauv Idaho. Tsuas yog 330 tus neeg tau txais daim ntawv tso cai. Txawm li cas los xij, txhua tus neeg thov tau them tus nqi rho npe $ 6 - txawm tias cov neeg thov rho npe tsis ua tiav. Raws li Booz Allen txoj kev npaj nrog tsoomfwv, nws tuaj yeem nqa tag nrho cov nqi rho npe, uas yog $ 134,610 tsuas yog rau Middle Fork rho npe.

Kev foob tsis delve rau hauv cov teeb meem kev ua haujlwm nrog Recreation.gov uas ntau tus tau yws txog. Raws li cov lus pov thawj tau muab ua ntej Pawg Neeg Saib Xyuas Kev Nyab Xeeb Hauv Tsev Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Saib Xyuas thiab Kev Tshawb Fawb thaum Lub Kaum Ob Hlis, ib tus neeg sim khaws lub chaw pw hav zoov muaj ib qho 0.3 feem pua ​​​​ntawm kev tsaws qhov xav tau tshwj xeeb.

Ib tug ntev version ntawm zaj dab neeg no tau luam tawm los ntawm lub National Parks Traveler, ib tug me me, editorially ywj siab 501(c)(3) nonprofit media koom haum. Tus Traveler tsis yog ib feem ntawm tsoomfwv lossis koom nrog koom nrog. 

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Nov yog qee qhov ntawm Recreation.gov cov nqi sib cav

Cov neeg foob hauv kev foob rau Booz Allen tuav qhov kev npaj tshwj xeeb tau txais kev cai lij choj bonanza los ntawm cov nqi uas nws them rau ib qho kev tshwj tseg. Muaj ntau pawg ntawm cov nqi them, suav nrog:

  • $15 daim ntawv thov tsis tuaj yeem them rov qab rau ntab Yampa thiab Green Rivers hauv Dinosaur National Monument
  • $10 tshem tawm tus nqi rau kev tshem tawm mus pw hav zoov
  • $10 hloov tus nqi ntxiv lossis tshem tawm ib hmos qhov chaw pw hav zoov lossis tsiv mus rau lwm qhov chaw
  • $ 10 tus nqi xaj kom tau txais daim ntawv tso cai rov qab los
  • $6 tus nqi them rov qab tsis tau them rov qab kom tau txais daim ntawv tso cai nce toj ntawm Acadia National Park Otter Cliffs
  • $ 2 tus nqi tswj tsis tau rov qab rau lub tsheb mus rau Cadillac Summit ntawm Acadia National Park
  • $ 1 daim ntawv thov tus nqi rau txhua tus neeg thov rho npe los saib fireflies ntawm Great Smoky Toj siab National Park 

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