NIC Inc. and the BLM Yuma Field Office Partner to Offer Electronic Visitation Permits
30 August 2018 - 4:32PM
Business Wire
YourPassNow offers visitors digital access to
America’s public lands
Recreationalists will now be able to easily attain electronic
short-term and long-term visitation permits for Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) Long-Term Visitor Areas (LTVAs) near Yuma, Arizona
making access to public lands more convenient.
The permits will be available for purchase through the digital
marketplace, YourPassNow. This innovation is made possible through
a partnership between the BLM Yuma Field Office and NIC Inc., a
digital government services provider.
"Purchasing a permit through YourPassNow offers our visitors
improved access to recreational opportunities on public lands,”
said William Mack, Jr., BLM’s Colorado River District Manager.
“This digital service will greatly improve the convenience of
visiting LTVA 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 Yuma Field Office manages 1.2 million acres of
southwestern Arizona and southeastern California. The area
includes 155 miles of the lower Colorado River, a destination for
hundreds of thousands of visitors seeking water-related recreation
year-round.
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, unless otherwise specified. Passes and
permits are also emailed for those that want to print their
pass.
“NIC is excited to add BLM Yuma Field Office to the YourPassNow
family,” said Sandi Miller, NIC Federal General Manager. "By
offering an easy and convenient way to purchase permits in advance
through YourPassNow, the Bureau of Land Management is helping to
enhance the experience of its visitors.”
Yuma Field Office joins the following public lands currently
providing electronic passes and permits through YourPassNow:
Acadia, Everglades, Glacier, Grand Canyon, 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; Wayne National Forest; the Bureau of Land Management’s Lake
Havasu Field Office; and the State of Arkansas’ historic Eureka
Springs.
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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