Staff, wire reports
The Herald-Dispatch
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has stopped a pilot project to start charging entrance fees at seven West Virginia state parks and forests.
Justice called the recent announcement of the fee by the Division of Natural Resources an “error.”
He says with West Virginians struggling financially at this time, “there is no way I can go along with charging a fee to enjoy our state parks.”
Passes would have been required to enter Babcock, Blackwater Falls, Cacapon Resort, Coopers Rock, Little Beaver, Pipestem Resort and Valley Falls.
An annual vehicle pass would have cost $12, a day pass $2.
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