[CommerceComet]

Unless I'm mistaken, this does not pertain to general public parks which any resident/non-resident can access. This is strictly for State designated wildlife areas and wildlife leases.

It does seem that a reasonable daily use fee for parking and hiking privileges for individuals or families would make more sense than requiring a hunting/fishing license.

[ConservativeMind]

Apparently, they don’t get a federal government matching of funds for those options.

[BradyLS]

There are no staff on State Trust Lands nor in Wildlife Areas to collect such fees. Only State Parks have the staff do that. The hunting and fishing licenses captures what would be those fees for those areas, as I understand.