Shutdowns continually hit national parks first

In every shutdown, it seems like the national parks are the first to feel the effects. For more on what's happening, John Gardner at the National Parks...

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The first government shutdown pictures to make the airwaves depicted national park trash cans overflowing. In every shutdown, it seems like the national parks are the first to feel the effects. For more on what’s happening, John Gardner, senior director of budget and appropriations at the National Parks Conservation Association, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

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