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White Sands National Monument Weighing Admission Hike

White Sands National Park

The public will be able to share their input about a proposal to increase admission for White Sands National Monument.

The Las Cruces Sun-News reports  that a month long public comment period for the proposed fee hikes ends Feb. 13.

A National Park Service news release says the changes would make admission charges would be per vehicle, not per person.

The proposal calls for changing the admission from $3 per person to $20 per vehicle. Every vehicle would have to pay $20 no matter how many passengers were present.

Officials say the plan would bring revenue that would help pay for future park improvements.

National monument Superintendent Marie Frías Sauter says officials are committed to keeping White Sands affordable and the fee increase is still a good value.

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Information from: Las Cruces Sun-News, http://www.lcsun-news.com