BLM announces fee-free days
The Bureau of Land Management has announced that it will be waiving entrance fees to several area recreation sites for several holidays this year, making them fee-free days.
The first of the three fee-free days will be in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, with the others being National Public Lands Day (Sept. 28) and over the Veterans Day Weekend (Nov. 9-11).
“This is a great way to help some folks, who might otherwise not have the opportunity, to experience their public lands and develop a passion for them as others have,” said District Manager Roxie Trost.
Recreation areas in the BLM Colorado River District that will be free include the following sites:
• Yuma Field Office – Squaw Lake Campground and Boat Launch, Senator Wash Boat Ramp and Day-Use Area, Senator Wash North Shore Campground, Senator Wash South Shore Campground, Oxbow Recreation and Wildlife Area, and Ehrenberg Sandbowl Off-Highway Vehicle Area.
• Kingman Field Office – Burro Creek, Wild Cow Springs, and Windy Point Recreation Sites.
• Lake Havasu Field Office – Crossroads and Empire Landing Campgrounds, Bullfrog Day-Use Area, and the 87 Lake Havasu Campsites.
While site standard amenity and individual day-use fees at BLM recreation sites and areas will be waived on those days, other fees, such as overnight camping, concession fees, and group day-use will remain in effect.
As a reminder Betty's Kitchen Watchable Wildlife Area, which is just north of Yuma, continues to be closed due to the Laguna Fire that burned through the area in May 2011.
James Gilbert can be reached at jgilbert@yumasun.com or 539-6854. Find him on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/YSJamesGilbert or on Twitter @YSJamesGilbert.
