U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden co-sponsored a bill Monday that would take nearly $40 million in fees paid by ski areas to operate on public lands and reinvest that money locally. Ski areas that operate on U.S. Forest Service lands — which includes almost every ski area in Oregon — pay an annual fee for the ability “to have access to some of America’s most stunning public lands,” a news release said. Currently, the $40 million in fees — including $2 million from Oregon — is sent to the U.S. Treasury and isn’t earmarked for any purpose, Wyden spokesman Hank Stern said. “This would reinvest these fees to support recreation on national forests,” Stern said. The bill, known as the SHRED Act, would “establish a framework for local national forests to retain a portion of ski fees to offset the impacts of increased recreational use, giving them the flexibility to direct resources where they are needed the most.”