With the government facing a potential shutdown, here's what could happen to the national parks. Skipping the US Travel 2025 🌴 This country's safest A spotlight on America U.S. Politics Sports ...

The last government shutdown lasted 35 days between December 2018 and January 2019. During that time, the national parks took ...

While national parks remain open during a government shutdown, the public is not encouraged to visit them, the National Park Service says. The Merced River is pictured on June 18 at California's ...

Amenities at the national parks, such as visitor centers, campgrounds, research centers, and museums, will be forced to close due to the government shutdown, as well. Closing national parks could ...

Hard-right Republicans who represent a sliver of the U.S. are set to send the entire country into a federal government shutdown at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1.

For example, the parks completely shut down for some time during a 2013 government shutdown. But in 2018, during a partial government shutdown , the parks remained open — just largely unstaffed.

National parks collectively could lose nearly 1 million visitors daily during a shutdown, and gateway communities could lose as much as $70 million, the conservation association said.

The U.S. government will shut down at 12:01 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 1 if lawmakers don't pass a continuing resolution or a federal budget by Sept. 30. ... National parks to close if government shuts down.

The National Parks System includes more than 420 units across the country. When it comes to the shutdown, Interior officials said that, generally, if a site is closed or locked during non-business ...

Looming government shutdown worries business owners near Yosemite, other national parks Yosemite Valley is shown in April. A government shutdown would close down Yosemite National Park, hurting ...

During a 35-day shutdown in December 2018 and January 2019, the Trump administration allowed some parks to continue operating without rangers, leading to chaotic conditions characterized by ...