Lake Tahoe is seeing so many visitors that fees could be hiked for everything from parking to hiking — inadvertently affecting the locals who are already struggling with the area’s high cost of living.

The US Forest Service is proposing new or increased recreation fees at roughly 40 destinations across the Lake Tahoe region, including Emerald Bay, Echo Summit, Desolation Wilderness and Kiva Beach.

Public comment on the proposals is open until late September.

Several locations that are currently free may end up becoming paid destinations, while some existing fees could increase over the next five years.

For example, Kiva Beach may end up adding a…

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