11-30-2011, 12:46 AM
I like to ice fish at Rockport State Park and like the fact that they keep the main bathroom at the launch ramp open all season. Also, the old style potties around the reservoir are not locked up that I know of.
What they are doing at Willard is a little disturbing, because it means the people that manage these state parks at the reservoirs/lakes don't appear to have a consistent policy for closing/keeping open the facilities (I believe the State Parks at Deer Creek also close bathrooms).
I also buy and use an annual State Parks pass. Yes, the revenue from sale of these passes should be counted for the year round funds taken in by these parks.
If Utah is going to have year round fishing, then the State Parks need to have enough funding to keep facilities open for the fisherman. If that means some increase in cost of passes, licenses, etc.. So be it.
I'm an old guy and you notice I am mainly concerned with bathrooms being open (old man's disease). But I feel a lot more wives and kids would be ice fishing if adequate facilities are known to be open for them.
I have said it before and will say it again. The State Parks management should at least have a few chemical toilets around the venue, and possibly out on the ice during the hard deck season if they are going to promote family participation.
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What they are doing at Willard is a little disturbing, because it means the people that manage these state parks at the reservoirs/lakes don't appear to have a consistent policy for closing/keeping open the facilities (I believe the State Parks at Deer Creek also close bathrooms).
I also buy and use an annual State Parks pass. Yes, the revenue from sale of these passes should be counted for the year round funds taken in by these parks.
If Utah is going to have year round fishing, then the State Parks need to have enough funding to keep facilities open for the fisherman. If that means some increase in cost of passes, licenses, etc.. So be it.
I'm an old guy and you notice I am mainly concerned with bathrooms being open (old man's disease). But I feel a lot more wives and kids would be ice fishing if adequate facilities are known to be open for them.
I have said it before and will say it again. The State Parks management should at least have a few chemical toilets around the venue, and possibly out on the ice during the hard deck season if they are going to promote family participation.
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