Dept. of Interior Orders National Park Service To Halt Spending On Recreation Fee Projects

As FLREA was envisioned and set up, the revenues from entrance fees and other approved programs are to go to enhance the visitor experience. That could be through better facilities, more interpretive programs, or restored habitat. Some of those funds also typically are spent on seasonal positions, such as staffing campgrounds. With that money put in question during the partial government shutdown, it was feared that it could throw a wrench into summer hiring plans, as the National Park Service's human resources offices in January normally would be moving into the introductory steps of organizing this summer's hiring. Additionally, more than 55 percent of the fees typically go towards deferred maintenance projects, so handcuffing the Park Service's ability to use those funds could add to the maintenance backlog, estimated at $11.9 billion at the end of Fiscal 2018.

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