Park fees waived in honor of King

Monday, January 20, 2014

Like other federal agencies, the U.S. Forest Service will waive fees at its day-use recreation sites in Arkansas and across the nation today, in honor of the federal observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Tracy Farley, publicist for the Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita national forests, said any day-use areas that are open for public use will not charge admission today.

Today is the first of 10fee-waiver days the agency plans for 2014. The others are Feb. 15-17; National Get Outdoors Day on June 14; National Public Lands Day on Sept. 27; and Veterans Day weekend, Nov. 8-11.

“Our public lands are open to everyone, and we hope these free days offer an incentive to all people to visit any of the 193 million acres of land held in trust for their enjoyment and use,” U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell said in a news release.

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