Originally Posted by Parnassia

Wait, is it the fee structure you're complaining about or the fact that snowbirds clog things up? Hard to tell. IMHO, the fact that there's enough of them visiting to clog things up is probably better for state coffers than the opposite. Volume may offset the indiscriminating prices they pay.

How states choose to fund maintenance and operation of their public land facilities differs quite a bit. Fixing the funding problem is probably a lot more complex than raising entrance fees.