THE state government did not consult the Break O'Day Council about its plan to impose fees on traditional free Bay of Fires camping grounds in 2015.
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Mayor Sarah Schmerl said the East Coast council knew the Parks and Wildlife Service was investigating the possibility but so far it has not been contacted.
A Facebook page called "Save Free Camping Saint Helens" has attracted almost 900 Likes since Environment, Parks and Heritage Minister Brian Wightman said the sites would attract fees from July 2015 earlier this month.
"The council hasn't formed a position but I have spoken to all the councillors and a majority of them feel that it is an unfortunate situation," Cr Schmerl said.
"They haven't consulted with council at all and we haven't received any notification.
"I have written to Chris Colley [Northern region manager] at Parks and Wildlife asking for more detail."
Cr Schmerl said families had camped in the conservation area every Easter, Christmas and school holidays for generations.
Events like the popular Swimcart fish competition, which has been held at Swimcart Beach for more that 50 years, could also be affected.
"The last thing we want to see is what has been and inexpensive holiday, especially for Tasmanian families, become a cost burden," Cr Schmerl said.
"It makes me wonder how they would manage colleting the fees, because it was only a short time ago that Parks and Wildlife didn't even have enough staff to go around and replace toilet paper in the toilet blocks that they have there.
"Is the money they are going to get going to be taken up in administration? Is it going to be put back into infrastructure? - they are the questions we have that we don't have the any answers to yet."