Several national parks and attractions that had been closed because of the government shutdown have reopened this week, after the Department of the Interior and the National Park Service gave state officials approval to use state funds and, in some cases, donations from local corporations, to run the facilities, The Associated Press reported.
On Saturday, Grand Canyon National Park saw its first tourists since it closed on Oct. 1; on Sunday, the Statue of Liberty welcomed visitors again; and on Monday, Mount Rushmore followed suit. Other states have joined them, including Utah, which committed $1.67 million to reopen five national parks for a 10-day period that began on Friday.
"It's going to be awesome," Jenna Milligan, who works at an outdoor gear rental shop near Zion National Park in Utah, told the A.P. "A lot of businesses have suffered severely because of the government," she said.
The state funds cover operations only over the next week or so, and the sites remain under the control of federal organizations. But some states, like Nevada and Washington, say they can't afford to help. And some, like Wyoming, refuse to appropriate state money to run federal programs.
"Wyoming cannot bail out the federal government and we cannot use state money to do the work of the federal government," Renny MacKay, a spokesman for Gov. Matt Mead, told the A.P.
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