National Parks hit hard with funding cut
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Posted: 02/22/2013
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91 days ago
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -
Visitors to America's national parks will encounter fewer rangers, find locked restrooms and visitors centers, and see trashcans emptied less often if 5 percent across-the-board federal budget cuts are enacted.
A National Park Service internal memo obtained by The Associated Press compiles a list of cuts in services in parks from Cape Cod to Yosemite. It's the result of an order by Park Service Director John Jarvis in January that asked superintendents to show how they will absorb the funding cuts.
Most of the park system's $2.9 billion budget is for fixed costs such as salaries and utilities, so the $112 million in cuts would slash programs. Those on the block include invasive species eradication in Yosemite, historic-artifact maintenance in Yellowstone and operation of Grand Teton's Jenny Lake Visitor Center in Wyoming.
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