The majority of more than 420 national park units will be off-limits to the public starting Monday if the government shuts down, Interior officials said Friday.
The stance is a reversal from five years ago, when the Trump administration kept some parks open in a move that was This time around, the majority of more than 420 national park units will be off-limits to the public starting Monday, Interior officials said. The vowed to keep some of the most iconic parks, including Grand Canyon and Zion, open with state funding.
“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.
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