I copied this from Washington State Parks website.

Question: Are there exemptions for low-income people or others?
Answer: Several groups are qualified to apply for free annual parking permits, but no daily exemption is available. Groups which may apply include low-income seniors who meet the current State Parks criteria for passes, along with new enrollee, low-income seniors who meet amended criteria for establishing residency; residents with permanent disabilities and veterans with disabilities who meet the current criteria, as well as new enrollees who meet amended criteria for establishing residency; Department of Social and Health Services-enrolled families with children under the age of 17 who meet the State Parks enrollment criteria.

Question: How may I apply for a permit if I meet one of these criteria?
Answer: Call the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission?s Olympia headquarters office at (360) 902-8500 or write P.O. Box 42650, 7150 Cleanwater Lane, Olympia, WA 98504-2650 to receive information on how to apply.

----- Original Message -----
From: Rahne Kirkham
To: tweeters
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 8:10 PM
Subject: who own public lands?


Here's my point of view on this subject for good or ill and I'm not bringing
it up to make anyone feel sorry for me personally. I live on disability.
$30.00 is approximately half to a third of the money I have left each month
when the bills have been paid. Many people in this country have less. Yet,
public lands by definition belong to the people, not just the people who can
afford the fees. When I was growing up, camping was the one vacation
families with limited incomes could afford. Now, the fee to camp in most
public campgrounds is more than I can come up with. Did I stop being a
citizen when I was injured? Does a senior stop being a citizen because they
retired? I know public lands must be maintained but it's not some abstract
person being excluded but me.
Rahne Kirkham
Federal Way, Washington
"I am in Love and out of Him I will not go."
C.S.Lewis "The Great Divorce"