The National Park Service may have lost millions of dollars in revenue during the recent government shutdown, and recovering from this setback may take a while.
According to the U.S. political website , an internal email revealed a loss of $10-11 million in revenue during the partial shutdown.
Some parks were also ordered to to pay for daily maintenance and operations during the shutdown, said John Garder with the nonprofit advocacy group, . 鈥淚t was a bit of a double whammy,鈥� he said.
Garder said to the parks caused another financial blow to the agency, which is on top of the Park Service鈥檚 pre-existing backlog of $11.6 billion in for things like roads, buildings, and campgrounds.
To make matters worse, said Garder, 鈥淭his is the season during which they would be hiring seasonal staff. So the fact that for 35 days they couldn鈥檛 hire means this is going to really challenge them for getting ready for the busy season.鈥�
The did not respond to requests for comment.
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