National Park Closures due to Shutdown

shelbyfv wrote:
Closing them completely obviously makes the most sense and is what has happened in the past. You can Google if you want to understand why it was different this time. FWIW, I've tried to make this post informative rather than political....

I agree. Closing them earlier would have been a better alternative except park management thought the shutdown will be brief and volunteers can be a stop gap until they also got overwhelmed.

And thank you for making it apolitical although I know we are all seething inside with this stupid situation.