RE: Thoughts on non-resident fees...
Federal land should be treated different except it's seen as lost tax base revenue to each state where the land exists. As far as State land and fees, welcome to the law of supply and demand. It would be nice to have cheaper fees but then the lottery system would kick in in a lot more states.
I've always believe state parks with a deer problem due to lack of hunting should employ a revenue generating lottery for hunters to hunt. This would in thoery reduce license fees. I'm all about the exploitation of natural resources.