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Give the Gift of Outdoors this Holiday Season:

Contact:  Cheryl Greaney 517-373-0399
Agency: Natural Resources


Nov. 18, 2009

Give a State Park Gift Certificate, a 2010 Motor Vehicle or Boating Access Site Permit, or Other State Park Items

Gifts for the camper, boater or outdoors enthusiast on your gift list are available again this holiday season from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The 2010 state park motor vehicle and boating access site permits will be available for sale starting Dec. 1.

Michigan State Park Gift Certificates, in increments of $25 each, also are available throughout the year and can be redeemed toward a permit, camping fees or other state park or recreation area purchases.

"Most Michigan residents are located within a one hour drive of a state park, recreation area or boating access site, and these permits provide Michigan residents, and nonresidents, access to 98 Michigan state parks or recreation areas and over 800 access sites located statewide," said Ron Olson, DNR Parks and Recreation chief. "Giving a motor vehicle permit, a boating access site permit, or a gift certificate is giving the gift of outdoors, and it also helps support our state park system."

Gift certificates, 2010 motor vehicle or boating access site permits, and other state park-related items can be purchased year-round through the Michigan e-Store at www.michigan.gov/dnr, or by calling 517-373-9900.

Annual permits are valid from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2010. Rates for 2010 permits will remain the same. Legislation is pending to create the Recreation Passport plan, and if adopted would not go into effect until Oct. 1, 2010.

Motor vehicle entrance permits are $24 for a resident annual and $6 for a resident daily. A nonresident annual is $29 and a nonresident daily is $8. Resident annual senior discount permits are $6 and can be purchased only in person at a state park or recreation area, or at the main office in downtown Lansing, and will require a valid driver's license and vehicle registration.

Boating access site permits are $24 for an annual permit, or $6 for a daily permit, for both residents and nonresidents. Boating access site permits also are available at fee sites. For a list of boating access sites that require a permit, visit the Boating Section on the DNR's Web site at www.michigan.gov/dnr, or visit www.mcgi.state.mi.us/MRBIS for all boating access sites throughout the state.

Please contact a state park or recreation area near you to determine their hours and availability. Information about state parks or recreation areas, boating access sites, winter camping opportunities, events or accessibility, are available on the DNR's Web site, under Recreation, Camping & Boating, or by contacting the Lansing Office at 517-373-9900 (TTY/TDD 711 Michigan Relay Center for the hearing impaired).

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is committed to the conservation, protection, management, accessible use and enjoyment of the State's natural resources for current and future generations.

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