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This wild places program investigates the new America The Beautiful National Parks and Federal Lands Interagency Recreation Pass. Is this new public lands pass a sneaky price hike, or a great new bargain?

Steve visits Muir Woods National

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This wild places program investigates the new America The Beautiful National Parks and Federal Lands Interagency Recreation Pass. Is this new public lands pass a sneaky price hike, or a great new bargain?

Steve visits Muir Woods National Monument and buys a new National Parks Pass. He tells the rest of the story with the help of:

Alex Picavet, the Public Information Officer of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Jim Bedwell, National Director of Recreation and Heritage Resources for the United States Forest Service. Kurt Repanshek, author of the National Parks Traveler blog. Scott Silver, executive director of the nonprofit advocacy group, Wild Wilderness. Ian Cook and Amanda Barnes, Muir Woods hikers visiting from Middletown, New York.

The America The Beautiful National Parks and Federal Lands Interagency Recreation Pass will be available at most federal fee areas, including national parks, after January 1st, 2007. In the remaining week or so, the original National Park Pass with the Golden Eagle sticker, or the Golden Eagle Pass, looks like a pretty good deal.

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