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As Congress struggles to fund government spending before a midnight deadline, a looming federal government shutdown could have a direct impact on West Virginia’s National Parks operations.
The National Parks Service said in a Friday statement that they remain hopeful that a shutdown will be averted. However, if there is a lapse in federal funding, the National Park Service has a contingency plan that was outlined in March.
The plan will keep a small staff of workers on at both the national and regional offices. For West Virginia’s New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, that cut back would mean that they could keep five to 10 rangers on to help run the park.
Most of the park will still be open to visitors, due to characteristics of this park that make it impossible and impractical to close it entirely to the public
The shutdown will start Saturday if congress doesn’t pass a funding bill, but the National Park Service says they have enough funding to stay fully open through Sunday.
