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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.
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.
It's just a fucking bunch of fucking squirrels up the fucking trees with them fucking nuts. And a lot of furry animals screwing around, killing each other and shitting all over the place. It's a fucking zoo. Fuck them.
Seems rather fitting that they're filling up garbage and literal shit under Trump's watch. It's just one more mess that will have to be cleaned up in the wake of this idiotic administration.
Personally, I lost all interest in national parks when the powers that be decided they can't come to some compromise between the people who want to fly photography drones and the people who are annoyed by the buzzing noise, so they just banned drones. I could give two shits and a fuck about walking around and enjoying "nature", I just wanted to photograph something other than the dumpster behind Walmart, but no... Stupid lawmakers.
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Trump asks for $5billion to waste on a stupid wall he promised we wouldn't have to pay for.
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Only crack the nuts that crack. You don't put the ones that don't crack in the sack.
Lamfrom says the full scale of the problem is yet to be determined but clean up timelines will range in length.
If we can't afford to authorize funding for a border wall for basic security, then how the hell can we afford to authorize funding for a multi-generational cleanup?
Your first mistake is assuming the wall is about basic security.
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for it to be pitted against a slightly greater evil