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Lawmakers Consider Raising Parking Surcharge at Douglas State Forest to Fund Local Emergency Services
Summary
A bill to raise the parking surcharge at Douglas State Forest from $1 to $5 was presented as a way to expand resources for local emergency response in a remote state forest; sponsors said the fee applies to paved parking and boat-launch areas and would not charge people who walk in.
Representative McKenna testified in favor of a bill that would raise an existing vehicle surcharge at Douglas State Forest from $1 to $5. McKenna told the committee the surcharge funds a town account used for emergency responses such as lost-person searches, brush fires and water rescues in an isolated area where the…
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