No, this isn't for the OHV permits. The NW Forest Pass is the parking fee charged at hiking trailheads. The fees are supposed to pay for trail maintence, toilets, and more rangers to harass you. NW Forest permits cost $30 per year. No new trails or trailhead parking has or will be built with this money. Unless you really feel that we need more toilets at trailheads, you probably will not gain much from these passes being continued. More likely, you'll just see more and higher fees in the future if this program continues. How many permits do you have now? OHV permit, NW Forest Pass, NP Pass, hunting, fishing, etc.... State Parks use to be free. Now $2 to $5 dollars is the norm, $10 or $15 for a night of camping, $10 to $15 to visit a NP, it just doesn't end. Most of these fees are fairly recent. Where did the funding come from before all these fees were implemented? What's that money used for now? Why do we need more rangers? Frankly I've always taken offense at some kid stopping me on a trail and demanding my permit to visit PUBLIC LAND. Last summer I was stopped by two kids dressed up as rangers, neither of which was a day over 18 and probably hadn't paid a dime in taxes in their lives. They just wanted to check that all the fees had been paid, they have thier retirement plans to think about I guess. And what sort of maintence do you think these fees pay for? I've see a lot of volenteer work on 4X trails, but all I've ever seen a gov't worker do is close trails. It all goes back to the old feeding bears story: If you feed them they just want more and more, and they'll rip you to shreads if you don't or even if you do continue feeding them. I'm not asking for any services on public land, just to continue using existing trails and roads.