[Jeff Higgins]

This kind of access used to be free. Where do our taxes go? Here in Washington, one needs a National Parks pass for national forest land, a "Discover Pass" for state parks, yet another pass for DNR lands, and one more for state Game Department managed sites. I'm old enough to remember a time when simply being a tax paying citizen gained one access to all of these places. Nowadays our taxes are higher than ever, and access to these "public lands" is extra.