Do you have travel plans to visit National Parks or other Federal Government campgrounds on or right after Oct 1, 2019?  Be sure you have alternate plans in case of a Federal Government Shutdown over the Budget & government funding.

With the the ongoing fighting in Congress & the Executive Branch there could be a big fight over the Budget and Funding on Oct 1, 2019 which could cause the parks and campgrounds to be closed.  

I not saying it will happen or pointing any fingers about who would be to blame, many people have strong opinions on all 3 sides.  Just be aware that a shutdown could happen and make your plans accordingly. 

That's a good suggestion.  Have an alternative just in case of threats and nonsense.

Trump will not shut down the parks, he did not the last time. The only complaints I saw came from Joshua Tree in CA

WHHHAAATTTT????????

  On 8/21/2019 at 9:49 AM, agesilaus said:

Trump will not shut down the parks, he did not the last time. The only complaints I saw came from Joshua Tree in CA

Very selective listing to or watching of news reports, or possibly only watching one side of the news?????  

Many reports of problems and closings reported in many, many news outlets.

The following is quoted from:   https://www.npca.org/articles/2029-how-is-the-partial-government-shutdown-affecting-national-parks

 
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The Department of the Interior directed its staff, including National Park Service staff, to keep national parks as accessible as possible while still obeying the law. This means that approximately a third of our national park sites are completely closed, including places like presidential homes, museums and cultural sites with buildings that can be locked. Gates at many other park sites remain open, but few if any staff are on hand to protect visitors and park resources, and many visitor centers and restrooms remained locked and roads are closed due to weather.

In some cases, national parks have used supplemental funding from partner groups and state budgets to stay open, diverting resources from maintenance projects and park programs. In other cases, parks initially remained open and park superintendents later made decisions to close areas such as campgrounds and roads due to health and safety concerns from overflowing toilets, hazardous weather conditions and other dangers. 

If you really wanted to be very biased to one side of the news reporting you could say that technically the parks were not shut down.  That doesn't mean that there was little impact to the NP's, the employees and those who wanted to visit.  

All I will say is, if the government does shut down, I hope the national parks ARE closed in order to avoid the problems they had last time (which wasn't just limited to Joshua Tree, although that seemed to get the most coverage).