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A 2023 National Park Service report said parks in southeast Utah that year drew 2.4 million visitors, directly supported 5,122 jobs and had a cumulative economic impact of more than $486 million.
Other agencies were affected by the shutdown as follows: Transportation Security Administration, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigation, [10] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, [11] National Science Foundation, [12] Drug Enforcement Administration, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, United States ...
The largest national park is Wrangell–St. Elias in Alaska: at over 8 million acres (32,375 km 2), it is larger than each of the nine smallest states. The next three largest parks are also in Alaska. The smallest park is Gateway Arch National Park, Missouri, at 192.83 acres (0.7804 km 2).
Units of the National Park System closed during the 2013 federal government shutdown. Shown here is the National Mall. While government shutdowns before 1995–1996 had very mild effects, a full federal government shutdown causes a large number of civilian federal employees to be furloughed. Such employees are forbidden even to check their e ...
The NPS has been "stretched thin" since 2010, with a 20% reduction in park service staff in the last 15 years, Brengel said. "This means that people have to do collateral duties," Brengel said.
A government shutdown could cause ripple effects for travel, including for visitors to national parks. Here's what to know. Can I visit a national park during a government shutdown?
The list of closed sites included Yosemite National Park, the National Mall, [49] the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Philadelphia's Independence Hall and City Tavern, [50] Alcatraz, and numerous monuments in Washington D.C. including the Washington Monument and the World War II Memorial. [51]
[2] [3] The 16-day-long shutdown of October 2013 is the third-longest government shutdown in U.S. history, after the 35-day 2018–2019 shutdown and the 21-day 1995–96 shutdown. A "funding-gap" was created when the two chambers of Congress failed to agree to an appropriations continuing resolution.