Shutdown leaves national parks vulnerable
A mountain goat explores around Sperry Chalet in Glacier National Park on Monday, Sept. 1. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
There are no winners in a government shutdown, and that includes our prized national parks.
As lawmakers dither on Capitol Hill — each side blaming the other for what might be the most senseless shutdown on record — more than half of the National Park Service’s federal workforce is furloughed. Of the agency’s 14,500 employees, about 9,200 are not allowed to clock in.
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