Gates Will Be Locked and Thousands of Rangers Furloughed at National Parks If Government Shuts Down

Gates Will Be Locked and Thousands of Rangers Furloughed at National Parks If Government Shuts Down
People gather to watch the sunset at Delicate Arch in Arches National Park near Moab, Utah, on Sept. 8, 2016. Spenser Heaps/The Deseret News via AP
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PHOENIX—Entrances to national parks will be blocked and thousands of park rangers will be furloughed if Congress doesn’t reach a budget agreement this weekend, the Department of Interior said Friday.

The stance is a reversal from five years ago, when the Trump administration kept some parks open.