Through:

From:

Subject:

The Secretary

Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks

Director, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service
Annual Report on the Federal Recreation Fee Program

We are pleased to present the seventh annual Federal Recreation Fee
Report, prepared pursuant to Public Law 92-347. This report includes
the 1978 Federal recreation visitation information for both fee and

non-fee areas. The seven Federal land managing agencies administering outdoor recreation resources cooperated in providing the information

TABLES

Table 1

Table 2

Table 3

Number of Golden Eagle Passports Sold and, Golden Age Passports
Issued.

Distribution, Sales and Issuance of Golden Eagle/Golden Age
Passports, by Agency.

Number of Federal Recreation Fee Management Units, by Agency. Table 4 Amount of Federal Recreation Fees Collected in Dollars, by Agency.

Table 5 Federal Recreation Fee Collection Cost, by Agency.

Federal Recreation Fee Campground Capacity, by Agency.

Annual Visitation to Federal Recreation Fee Management Units, by Agency.

A. Annual Visitation to Use Fee Management Units.

B. Annual Visitation to Entrance Fee Management Units.

C. Annual Visitation to Special Permit Fee Management
Units.

Comparison of Public Use on Federal Fee, Non-Fee and Total Fee/
Non-Fee Recreation Areas by Agency (based on Visitor Hours).

Total Visitation to Federal Recreation Management Units.
Facility Satisfaction, Fee Comparability and Fee Acceptability
of Areas under the Control of the Seven Federal Land-Managing
Agencies as Perceived by Several Respondent Populations.

Facility Satisfaction, Fee Comparability and Fee Acceptability of Areas within each of the HCRS Regions as Perceived by Several Respondent Populations.