Active military personnel and their families will soon be able to go to any National Wildlife Refuge for free

Active military personnel and their families will soon be able to go to any National Wildlife Refuge for free.

Beginning on Saturday, which is Armed Forces Day, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will begin issuing an annual pass offering free entrance for active duty military members and their dependents to every unit of the Refuge System, as well as National Parks and other public lands.

That includes St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge.

Currently, 35 units of the National Wildlife Refuge System charge entrance fees.

This military version of the America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass also permits free entrance all of them, as well as to sites managed by the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the U.S. Forest Service that charge entrance fees.

Local Active duty members of the U.S. Military and their dependents can pick up their pass at the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge Monday through Friday from 8 till 4 or Saturday and Sunday from 10 to 5.

The passes are also available at sites managed by the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the U.S. Forest Service that charge entrance fees. 

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