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National Parks - Closed for Business?
George W. Bush, as US President, addresses US park rangers at Sequoia National Park, California. 5/30/2001(AP) Email to friend
This holiday weekend millions of American will pack up the kids, jump in the car and head to a national park. Along with the magnificent views many visitors will also be confronted with a few "service-level adjustments" -- that's the latest government description of - cutbacks. At Shenandoah National Park the seasonal maintenance staff has been cut by more than half. At Gettysburg National Military Park they don't have enough money to repair the battlefield cannons.
Now, a chorus of critics is speaking out on the budget crunch saying it's unprecedented and that officials are trying to hide the problem from the public. But the government maintains the controversy is "much ado about nothing" and that budget dollars are actually up at the National Park Service. Who's right and who really cares about America's National Parks.
