Holland, MI —
Michigan’s new system for collecting state park fees through recreation passports is entering its first summer season.
Instead of buying a $24 annual pass at the gate like last summer, Michigan residents can purchase a $10 passport while renewing their license plates.
A passport is needed to enter a park, but parks staff will scan cars for the passports in parking lots instead of checking for them at the gate.
Car owners do have a little leeway during the transition. Visitors who don’t renew their plates until August, for example, won’t need a passport until that month.
But in April, everyone with renewals from October 2010 to April 2011 will need a passport.
“If your car was due to be registered anywhere from the present month back to October, then you need a recreation passport to be in a state park,” Michigan Department of Natural Resources spokesman Ron Olson said.
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Michigan’s new system for collecting state park fees through recreation passports is entering its first summer season.
Instead of buying a $24 annual pass at the gate like last summer, Michigan residents can purchase a $10 passport while renewing their license plates.
A passport is needed to enter a park, but parks staff will scan cars for the passports in parking lots instead of checking for them at the gate.
Car owners do have a little leeway during the transition. Visitors who don’t renew their plates until August, for example, won’t need a passport until that month.
But in April, everyone with renewals from October 2010 to April 2011 will need a passport.
“If your car was due to be registered anywhere from the present month back to October, then you need a recreation passport to be in a state park,” Michigan Department of Natural Resources spokesman Ron Olson said.
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