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Aztec Ruins Replaces Entrance Fee With Donation Box

Although many national parks and monuments are raising their entrance fees, Aztec Ruins National Monument in New Mexico is taking a different tack. The Farmington Daily Times reports that the monument recently eliminated its $5 entrance fee after an analysis found that the benefits of the fee program didn’t justify keeping it. The monument will now have a donation box instead.

Gail Binkly is a career journalist who has worked for the Colorado Springs Gazette and Cortez Journal, and was the editor of the Four Corners Free Press, based in Cortez.
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