"Free Public Land" radio episode · Les AuCoin Collection

Title: "Free Public Land" radio episode
Description: An audio recording by Oregon Congressman Les AuCoin discussing the topic of national parks and the Recreation Fee Demonstration permits. AuCoin states that public national parks were established for Americans to explore freely, and condemns the new $30 Recreation Fee Demonstration permits introduced by the government, which fund unnecessary programs unrelated to the parks. Quoting Russell Sadler, he states "these fees are a deliberate attempt to impose the same competitve conditions that private recreation uses to make profits." This is one episode from AuCoin's biweekly radio show on Jefferson Public Radio (JPR), which ran after he had retired from office. The majority of episodes feature his commentary on current political events, often focusing on issues important to southern Oregon where JPR is based. This episode probably aired in 2002.
Identifier: PUA_MS147_JPR_065
Creator: AuCoin, Les
Date Created: 2002
Date: 2002
Spatial Coverage: Oregon
Is Part Of: Jefferson Public Radio
Subject: AuCoin, Les; Oregon--Politics and government; Public broadcasting--Oregon
Extent: 1 audio file (2 min., 39 sec.)
Format: MP3
Source: Pacific University Archives
Rights: This recording is provided here for research purposes with the permission of Les AuCoin and Jefferson Public Radio. All rights reserved.; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/