A fee demonstration program in place since 1996 is providing considerable funding for maintenance and improvements for some U.S. Forest Service sites, while generating little for other sites to meet their highest-priority needs, according to a report released in December by the U.S. General Accounting Office .
In 1996, Congress authorized the fee demonstration program for four agencies, including the U.S. Forest Service, the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management and the Fish…