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2 PWCs = $40 Week or $80 Annual
1 Boat = $30 Week or $60 Annual
(Assuming boat is 26’ or under)

Utah Non Resident AIS = $25 + Complete Online AIS Certification Test

So, bottom line for your situation…minimum $95 for a week, maximum $165 for 2025 Annual (Thru Dec 31 assuming boat is 26’ or less)

All vessels will need to be inspected at top of ramp and bow-tags for all vessels even if you’re returning to CA and not going to any other UT waters.
 
Rivergoer said:
2 PWCs = $40 Week or $80 Annual
1 Boat = $30 Week or $60 Annual
(Assuming boat is 26’ or under)

Utah Non Resident AIS = $25 + Complete Online AIS Certification Test

So, bottom line for your situation…minimum $95 for a week, maximum $165 for 2025 Annual (Thru Dec 31 assuming boat is 26’ or less)

All vessels will need to be inspected at top of ramp and bow-tags for all vessels even if you’re returning to CA and not going to any other UT waters.
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Plus park entrance fee….
 
Terry said:
My first boating trip to Lake Powell was in 1976. No fees or stickers needed. Same launch ramps (for the most part) and same floating toilets. Rainbow Bridge fuel station worked well. Hardly ever saw another boat and when you did everyone waved, some topless. Boy, do I miss those days.
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Were there floating toilets in 1976? I thought those didn't come around until maybe the 90's.

But overall, how have the finances changed? Was the Park Service just covering more of the cost of things from their operating budgets 50 years ago, and now their budgets are smaller so they need to charge additional fees? Are there more services on, or around, the lake now that need to be paid for? Is the lake more popular now, so they need to charge more fees to try to reduce the number of people on the lake? Is the government just trying to increase revenues?

Maybe all of the above?
 
RichieW13 said:
Were there floating toilets in 1976? I thought those didn't come around until maybe the 90's.

But overall, how have the finances changed? Was the Park Service just covering more of the cost of things from their operating budgets 50 years ago, and now their budgets are smaller so they need to charge additional fees? Are there more services on, or around, the lake now that need to be paid for? Is the lake more popular now, so they need to charge more fees to try to reduce the number of people on the lake? Is the government just trying to increase revenues?

Maybe all of the above?
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ChatGPT is a great resource for that.

NPS budget in 75 was $499mm. Adjusted for inflation that is $2.8 billion in 2024 dollars.

The 2024 budget is $3.8 billion discretionary with an additional $1.2 billion from mandatory and fee based sources. IMG_6375.pngIMG_6376.pngIMG_6377.png
 
Ryan said:
ChatGPT is a great resource for that.

NPS budget in 75 was $499mm. Adjusted for inflation that is $2.8 billion in 2024 dollars.

The 2024 budget is $3.8 billion discretionary with an additional $1.2 billion from mandatory and fee based sources.
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That's for the whole park system. I have no concept of what kind of changes the entire NPS has had over the past 50 years. It looks like there are 26 new parks in the last 50 years. So that doesn't really help to explain why Lake Powell specifically needed to add fees.
 
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That's for the whole park system. I have no concept of what kind of changes the entire NPS has had over the past 50 years. It looks like there are 26 new parks in the last 50 years. So that doesn't really help to explain why Lake Powell specifically needed to add fees.
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Our broke government can't help themselves. I see the exact same structures at Bullfrog that were there in 1982, when I first went, and there were no fees. Maybe minor changes, but it's the same place.
 
There seems to be plenty of Federal funding for Lake Mead/Mohave…still charging the standard $50 Annual Vessel fee ($25 for Seniors/Military) while Lake Powell annual vessel fees are now up to $1,600 and no discounts.

Both are NRAs on the Colorado River, both have multiple marinas and large houseboats.
 
More info. My suspicion is that it’s not a budget issue. The overall increase in NPS budget combined with the lack of much upgrades is telling to me.

The biggest expenditure I can think of recently on the north end is the extension of the north ramp which I’m sure cost more than I think it should but not so much to account for the lack of any other upgrades.


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