Federal Shutdown?
What are most of you finding with campgrounds under federal authority; especially, USACE. Are they shut down or partially open with no services? We have reservations at one north of Kennesaw, Ga. in early Feb.
Forum Discussion
- There are a couple of open threads on this. In general most campgrounds are open but with no services, sometimes they lock up the restrooms. There is no trash collection, cleanup, and no one supervises who gets to use a campground site. In what seems to be quite a few parks (not apparently in CA), local volunteers or the state have stepped up to provide some maintenance.
- I heard from a friend that most Corps CGs on the Tombigbee are open.
Keep in mind that the campgrounds are usually run by concessions, which are not subject to the shutdown.
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Make America Green Again! - More on privately operated fed cg: Coyote
as opposed to the last 2013 shutdown 1 and 2013 Shutdown 2
Which do you prefer? - Delete
- february? I wouldn't worry UNLESS this contiues through Janauary
- Just made my Reservation for Grand Canyon no problems there. This is a great time to restructure the NP system to use entry fees for operation cost first and projects second
- These various shutdown threads have revealed a discouraging ignorance of how the NPS operates and is funded. Sad.
- The COE is part of Homeland Security and is open. Some districts may have restrictions or winter shut downs, but it isn't related to the Government Shutdown. I am currently a volunteer at a COE campground in western Alabama and we are completely open. Come see us.
shelbyfv wrote:
These various shutdown threads have revealed a discouraging ignorance of how the NPS operates and is funded. Sad.
Agreed. My career was spent working in the NPS and USFS and I have to just shake my head at some of the suggestions and advice about what federal employees should be doing during these shutdowns.
Just to clear a few things up:
They CANNOT just go into work.
They CANNOT volunteer at their workplace.
There is no guarantee that they will get paid (although they have in the past.) And even as an employee, I thought it was stupid for us to be prevented from working and then eventually get paid. Either allow employees to work and get paid, or prohibit them from working and then don't pay them.
What I am unsure about is Recreation Enhancement Act funding. Is that unavailable during a government shutdown? It is money collected from entrance & camping fees during previous years, so theoretically it should be available even if current fiscal year funding is blocked.
