USFS offers "fee-free" day

The U.S. Forest Service is offering a “fee-free” day Saturday in celebration of “National Get Outdoors Day,” an annual event to encourage healthy and active outdoor fun.

Including the June 8 fee-free day, the Forest Service offers fee-free days four times a year. The first such fee-free period in 2013 was Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The other days are Sept. 28 for National Public Lands Day and Nov. 9-11 for Veterans Day Weekend.

“The country’s forests and grasslands beckon people from coast to coast to come hike, bike, fish and camp this weekend,” said U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell. “A...