Planning a visit to a major recreation attraction in Arizona and Nevada? Come January 1, the new rule is this: Don’t bring cash to Lake Mead.
Now a cashless fee system
The Lake Mead National Recreation Area will move to a cashless fee collection system on January 1, 2024. Only electronic card payments will be allowed for entrance, lake use, and campground fees. Entrance stations will continue to sell passes but will no longer accept cash for payment.
Why the change? It aligns Lake Mead park with 29 other National Park Service locations, such as Bryce Canyon, Grand Canyon, and the Petrified Forest. The Service says, “the new process will also enable more efficient, cost-effective operations.”
Well, there are some areas that WILL take cash
Advance campground reservations, as well as first-come, first-served sites, will be available online only through recreation.gov. Concession operations at marinas, hotels, and stores will still accept cash or electronic card payments.
Where does the money go? Fees collected are used for trash removal, road and facility maintenance and repairs, trail refurbishment, accessibility improvements, and more.
Don’t bring cash to Lake Mead. You can leave home without it, as far as Lake Mead’s officials are concerned.
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I wonder if refusal to accept cash might be illegal. I am looking at a dollar bill. It is a Federal Reserve Note. On it is a statement THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR ALL DEBTS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE. Is one Federal Agency flouting the authority of another?
You’re just trying to stir the pot. It’s already enacted in 29 NPS locations.
The pot needs stirring.
It’s just one more tiny, benign-appearing step toward 1984. When cash is gone, the process, like the control, will be complete.
spot on
Scary and it’s almost here……..
Well, I guess that I will no longer be able to launder my ill-gotten money at National Parks.
But you can get your clothes cleaned for free the rest of your life, in town………
Just find the OLD laundromats…….
Easy, got no cash.
Biden saw to that.