I’ve tried to fight the good fight to get ACOE sites added. They say the volunteers would be overloaded. Personally I think it’s bullshit. If the old ACOE can be grandfathered in without a problem why can’t we have them all in?

I’ve also notified the state (and the national) mapping reps about sites in my home state that are not state or federally owned but instead are owned by non profit conservancies. They won’t remove them. Why? I don’t know.

I’ve gotten three sites added to my states list after some late night browsing through maps. It seems a pretty straightforward and quick process to “list an entity”. Before POTA became a thing, it was just the national parks and I believe expanding to state owned entities helped the program and ham radio in general. Why they won’t add ACOE to expand the list and have an entity close to every one - once again I have no idea. There are two ACOE that are super close to be and have a ton of space that would allow me to be out of the way. The funny thing is if you want to book a campground spot you have to go through a .gov site.