# 2025-15803: Coconino Forest to Charge Fees for Popular Recreation Spots

2025-15803, Proposed Recreation Fee Sites, is a Federal Register notice from Agriculture Department, Forest Service published 2025-08-19; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15803
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-15803
- Title: Proposed Recreation Fee Sites
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Agriculture Department; Forest Service
- Citation: 90 FR 40324
- Published: 2025-08-19
- Effective: unknown
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Coconino Forest to Charge Fees for Popular Recreation Spots

## Summary

The Coconino National Forest wants to start charging fees at some fun spots and for special permits. These fees will help keep the places clean, safe, and awesome for visitors. If you love visiting, get ready for these changes soon—they’re fair and like what other parks charge nearby!

## Abstract

The Coconino National Forest is proposing to establish several recreation fee sites and a special recreation permit. Proposed recreation fees collected at the proposed recreation fee sites and for the proposed special recreation permit would be used for operation, maintenance, and improvement of the sites and the special recreation use covered by the proposed special recreation permit. An analysis of nearby recreation fee sites and special recreation uses with similar amenities shows that the proposed recreation fees that would be charged at the proposed recreation fee sites are reasonable and typical of similar recreation fee sites and special recreation uses in the area.

## Effects PRIA read

- New Recreation Fees for Coconino: cost, low. The Coconino National Forest is proposing to charge new recreation fees at several sites and to require a special recreation permit for certain uses. If you visit these sites in Arizona, you may have to pay a new entry or use fee or obtain the permit.
- Fees Fund Site Upkeep and Improvements: benefit, low. Money collected from the proposed fees and special recreation permit would be used for operation, maintenance, and improvement of the sites and the permitted recreation uses. That means some fee dollars would go toward keeping facilities clean, safe, and maintained.
- Fees Comparable to Nearby Sites: benefit, low. The Forest Service says the proposed fees are reasonable and typical compared with nearby recreation fee sites and special recreation uses. That means the new charges are meant to align with what other local parks and sites already charge.

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## Sources
- [2025-15803 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/19/2025-15803/proposed-recreation-fee-sites)
- [2025-15803 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-19/pdf/2025-15803.pdf)

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- [Next: 2025-15804, Proposed Recreation Fee Site](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15804)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15803 (as of 2026-06-08).