For events like the great backyard bird count and the city nature challenge, which go on, these are generally not run at the federal level, although they could certainly benefit from federal funding. The way to reduce costs would be if there was some funding made available to make them happen. That is what happened during Canada's 150th anniversary. There was funding made available for people to do the organization and the advertising.
I don't know if people received...I don't think they were paying the participants per se, but they were certainly making it a lot easier for them to participate.
I'm not sure exactly what the barriers are that we're talking about for people getting access to lands. If I may clarify, are we talking about travel costs or camping? Is that the sort of concern?