Governors tap state funds to keep some national parks open during the government shutdown

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2. People need to be taught "Civics 101"

and consider, based on the past couple dozen years, avoiding trips around the end of a federal fiscal year (the FY ending Sept. 30).

I know "fall" trips are very much a great time of year for visiting these large parks as the temps are cooling and traffic might be less because kids are back in school, etc. But it's also the "end of a fiscal year".

The number among the "general public" meeting Park Rangers is most likely very limited because half of the country lives in urban areas and don't always have access to get to these parks. They might visit their state parks instead, many of them pretty incredible and "local" to boot.

My federal building had the Park Service in it at one time and with it being a couple blocks from Independence Hall, I saw Park Rangers daily (along with the NPS bike police). But that is not "typical".