National parks face years of damage from government shutdown

[nafizh]

Really sad. I would think if there is no one to take care of the parks then it's only common sense to have them closed to tourists.

[jumpinalake]

In Canada we have a good parks system and yet I must admit that the US park system is phenomenally well run and contains so much diversity. I suspect that us visitors take for granted how much work is involved in maintaining the cleanliness and illusion of untouched solitude. We are so fortunate to be able to enjoy it and I hope any shutdown damages are minimal.

[knewter]

I bridle at any article that makes claims like this. if a few weeks of shut down causes years of damage and you aren't a nuclear power plant, I call BS. people's critical thinking skills go out the window when it's politically convenient to believe garbage.

[mulmen]

TFA clearly states the ways in which this shutdown could lead to lasting damage. I would encourage you to think critically about the effect of widespread litter or sewage spills or off-trail hiking in a national park setting. Additionally think of facilities in inhospitable conditions.

The comparison to nuclear reactors is odd. It suggests to me you think National Parks are a more trivial operation than a power plant. I think they are far too different to make this comparison.

A pet goldfish is not as complicated to keep alive as a power plant but if you don’t feed it then it dies.

[burfog]

That is nothing compared to the damage happening at the border. There are piles of trash, unauthorized trails carved through fragile ecosystems, fires, and human bodies. This shutdown is part of a fight over a wall that would protect several national parks and national monuments from this massive ongoing ecological damage.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/park-service-illegals-des...

https://www.desertinvasion.us/

[mulmen]

The border is not a national park. Your whataboutism is not compelling.