PORT ANGELES – Apparently, there’s been some cheating among those who purchase and use annual passes to get into the national park and other public lands, and park officials are adopting a new policy to deal with it.

Beginning January 1, the Interagency Annual Pass and Olympic National Park Annual Pass will each contain a single signature line. Officials say the change will standardize passes across agencies and protect against misuse.

Any Olympic Annual Pass or Interagency Annual Pass purchased in 2023 with two signature lines will be honored until it expires. Passes with two signature lines will be sold until December 31, 2023.

The Interagency Pass gets you access to federal parks, Fish & Wildlife, Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, and US Army Corps of Engineers lands.

The updated Interagency Pass will still grant the pass owner and all occupants in a personal vehicle access to sites that charge per vehicle. For sites that charge per person, the new pass will grant access to the pass owner and up to three additional adults. Children ages 15 or under are admitted free.

To learn more about each type of pass and how to purchase them, visit: Entrance Passes (nps.gov)