Originally Posted by
artcarney_agr
I don't get it...he says this in the first paragraph:
I had a wonderful boyhood. Much of it was spent fishing and camping in the bosom of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, happy, carefree, and untroubled by much government intrusion of any kind. I purchased my annual fishing license, obtained permits when I ventured into the backcountry for overnight stays, occasionally showed the contents of my creel to a Park ranger, and enjoyed a blissful adolescence.
So what's the backcountry fee he's talking about saying no to? The one he's always paid before?
This is a common fee - I pay it all the time in LBL...it's a bargain for what you get in return and helps keep the park maintained...