National Parks Face Years of Damage From Government Shutdown (nationalgeographic.com)

When the government eventually reopens, park experts warn reversing damage won't be as easy as throwing out the trash. From a report: National parks are America's public lands, but right now they're America's trashcans. That's because the U.S. federal government, embattled over funding for a border wall, has shut down, leaving national parks open and largely unattended. Since the shutdown began, brimming trashcans, overflowing toilets, and trespassing has been reported at many parks locations. "Never before have I seen the federal government tempt fate in national parks the way we are today," says Diane Regas, president of the Trust for Public Land. "It's not about what has happened already. It's about what could happen if you don't have the appropriate staffing."

According to the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), staffing varies by park, but some 16,000 parks service employees are furloughed, leaving a small number active for policing and security. The government shut down three times in 2018, but only three days last January and less than a day that following February. As of Friday, the government had been partially shut down for 13 days. Further reading: Government Shutdown is Putting a Damper on Science in Seattle and Elsewhere.

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Re:What a shithole country!

[Roodvlees]

Do you miss the mass murder of innocent civilians?
Don't worry, 90% of the people murdered by drone strikes are not even the intended target.
https://theintercept.com/drone...
Forget whether the intended target is guilty of anything.
So the US military is still profitable for the bomb producers who control them.
We know it's not to stop terrorism.
Because that problem has only gotten worse since the "war on terror".
If the US wanted to stop terrorism, they'd stop funding it.
Even Trump restarted funding for ISIS.