There is a cost for taking cash. And our parks are underfunded. Maybe a no-change policy might work. But mandating such requirements without balancing funding just means more gates closed while rangers, instead of accepting visitors or keeping eye on errant hikers, must sit indoors to count cash and draw up the rules for doing so.
This also assumes they can afford to pay employees-that-do-not-pocket fees. A service like a National park is hyperlocal, these employees could have quite a bit of power actually
There is a cost for taking cash. And our parks are underfunded. Maybe a no-change policy might work. But mandating such requirements without balancing funding just means more gates closed while rangers, instead of accepting visitors or keeping eye on errant hikers, must sit indoors to count cash and draw up the rules for doing so.