It could be that only two commercial tour operators that brought customers to the Petroglyph Beach State Historic Site this summer bothered to purchase the state permit required to provide tours.
This was the first year the state directly asked operators to acquire the mandatory permit and collect the $6 fee.
Though it had not been enforced in Wrangell, the law regarding commercial use of public property has applied to the Petroglyph Beach since it was designated a state historic site in 2000.
Tour operators would be more open to buying the annual $350 permit and collecting the fee if they kne...
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