The Journal
The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on a proposal to increase the entrance fee to the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument Visitor Center and Museum for the first time in more than three decades.
The proposed fee increase would help the BLM enhance visitors’ experience by hiring additional seasonal staff members to lead educational and interpretive programs, complete special exhibits, improve existing trailheads, stabilize developed pueblo sites and update the main exhibit hall.
The current fee is $3 per visitor (ages 16 and up) for eight months of the year, from March through October. The proposed changes would raise the entrance fee to $6 for visitors ages 16 and older, and implement this fee year-round. The change is expected to raise an additional $41,000 annually, all of which would be retained and used by the monument.
The draft business plan is online at go.usa.gov/xpDrr or as hard copy at the Visitor Center and Museum.
Comments must be submitted by Nov. 29. Send written comments and questions to the Bureau of Land Management, Attn: Monument Manager, 27501 Colorado Highway 184, Dolores, CO 81323, or submit electronically to Heather Sauls at hsauls@blm.gov.