Gates will be locked and thousands of rangers will be furloughed from national park sites if Congress doesn’t reach a budget agreement
FILE - Parker Smith and Hillary Smith hike along a closed road outside Arches National Park in Utah which is closed due to the partial government shutdown, in January 2019. Arizona's Grand Canyon National Park and all five national parks in Utah will remain open if the U.S. government shuts down, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and Utah Gov. Spencer Cox say that the parks are important destinations and local communities depend on dollars from visitors.
“The public will be encouraged not to visit sites during the period of lapse in appropriations out of consideration for protection of natural and cultural resources, as well as visitor safety,” the Interior Department said in a statement. For example, trash cans and portable toilets overflowed at Joshua Tree National Park during a shutdown in late 2018 and early 2019 that lasted 35 days. Some tourists driving off-road damaged the fragile ecosystem.
Utah paid some $7,500 daily during the last part of December 2018 to keep Zion, Bryce Canyon and Arches running during the shutdown. The nonprofit Zion Forever Project put up $16,000 to pay a skeleton crew and keep bathrooms and the visitor center open at Zion, which continued drawing several thousand visitors daily.
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte’s office didn’t say whether the state would spend money to keep Glacier or Yellowstone parks open. Most of Yellowstone is in Wyoming, but three of the five entrances are in Montana.
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Gates will be locked and thousands of rangers furloughed at national parks if government shuts downGates will be locked and thousands of rangers will be furloughed from national park sites if Congress doesn’t reach a budget agreement
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Gates will be locked and thousands of rangers furloughed at national parks if government shuts downGates will be locked and thousands of rangers will be furloughed from national park sites if Congress doesn’t reach a budget agreement
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Gates will be locked and thousands of rangers furloughed at national parks if government shuts downGates will be locked and thousands of rangers will be furloughed from national park sites if Congress doesn’t reach a budget agreement.
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