NIC Inc. and the BLM Lake Havasu Field Office Partner to Offer Electronic Recreation Permits and Annual Passes
May 31 2018 - 3:47PM
Business Wire
YourPassNow offers visitors digital access to
America’s public lands
Recreationalists will now be able to easily attain electronic
recreation permits and annual passes for Lake Havasu shoreline
sites, making access to public lands more convenient.
The permits and passes will be available for purchase through
the digital marketplace, YourPassNow. This innovation is made
possible through a partnership between the Bureau of Land
Management and NIC Inc., a digital government services
provider.
"Purchasing a permit through YourPassNow, offers our visitors
improved access to recreational opportunities on Lake Havasu,” said
William Mack, Jr., BLM’s Colorado River District Manager. “This
digital service will greatly improve the convenience of visiting
your shoreline sites for our visitors and streamline our internal
BLM fee collection process. We are excited to pilot this service
for the BLM and hope to continue to enhance the visitor experience
on public lands."
The BLM’s Lake Havasu Field Office offers 73 boat access
campsites spanning 20 miles along the Arizona shore.
YourPassNow provides an alternative to the traditional
paper-based, in-person purchase method while simultaneously
providing public lands with a tool to help manage the visitor
experience. Using a personal device, visitors can purchase passes
and permits from www.yourpassnow.com. Once purchased, passes and
permits can be downloaded or stored to a virtual wallet for
immediate and future use. Passes and permits are also emailed for
those that want to print their pass.
“NIC couldn’t be happier to add Lake Havasu to the YourPassNow
family,” said Harry Herington, NIC's Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board. "By offering recreation permits for day and
overnight use at Lake Havasu Shoreline Sites, YourPassNow is
helping the Bureau of Land Management enhance the visitor
experience at one of our country’s truly spectacular outdoor
places.”
Lake Havasu is the first Bureau of Land Management agency to
offer electronic permits and passes and joins the following
national parks and forest lands currently providing electronic
passes through YourPassNow: Acadia, Everglades, Theodore Roosevelt,
Sequoia and Kings Canyon, Yellowstone, and Yosemite National Parks;
Castillo de San Marcos and Colorado National Monuments; Whiskeytown
National Recreation Area; Columbia River Gorge National Scenic
Area; and Wayne National Forest.
About YourPassNow
Developed in cooperation with the National Park Service,
YourPassNow makes it easy and convenient for visitors to purchase
entrance passes and land access permits to public lands online.
YourPassNow streamlines a paper-based purchase process that was
previously only available at physical park locations or approved
resellers. YourPassNow provides visitors a new level of recreation
access to America’s public lands. For more information, please
visit www.yourpassnow.com
About NIC Inc.
NIC Inc. (Nasdaq: EGOV) is the nation's premier provider of
innovative digital government solutions and secure payment
processing, which help make government interactions more accessible
for everyone through technology. The family of NIC companies has
developed a library of more than 13,000 digital government services
for more than 6,000 federal, state, and local government agencies.
Among these solutions is the ground-breaking personal assistant for
government, Gov2Go, delivering citizens personalized reminders and
a single platform for all government interactions. More information
is available at www.egov.com.
About the Bureau of Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management manages more than 245 million
acres of public land located primarily in 12 Western states,
including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres
of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. The
agency's mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and
productivity of America's public lands for the use and enjoyment of
present and future generations. Diverse activities authorized
on these lands generated $75 billion in sales of goods and
services throughout the American economy in fiscal year 2016—more
than any other agency in the Department of the Interior. These
activities supported more than 372,000 jobs.
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