More than 425 popular campsites across Pa. are closed indefinitely

[Kms]

Some may view this post as political, but to me it’s just depressing.

More than 425 popular campsites across Pa. are closed indefinitely due to DOGE cuts

 

[6xAdams(Jones)]

Got pay-walled so I couldn't check. This is likely happening in any campground in any state that is paying staff with fed money. I wonder if they will reopen if state/local funds are raised.

 

[Kms]

Got pay-walled so I couldn't check. This is likely happening in any campground in any state that is paying staff with fed money. I wonder if they will reopen if state/local funds are raised.

USACE official announcement:

https://www.nab.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Releases/Article/4119605/us-army-corps-of-engineers-baltimore-district-announces-partial-closure-of-camp/

 

[JeffP]

Pathetic and depressing.

 

[JeffP]

Small town boom times funded by federal dollars is over. Yippey!

 

[RLeep2]

If you are unhappy with this turn of events, make a fuss with your Congressman and Senators and contact your local news media and let them know.

Sunlight is the best disinfectant..

 

[JeffP]

If you are unhappy with this turn of events, make a fuss with your Congressman and Senators and contact your local news media and let them know.

Sunlight is the best disinfectant..

Not if they are blind.

 

[Tabasco-Joe]

If you are unhappy with this turn of events, make a fuss with your Congressman and Senators and contact your local news media and let them know.

Sunlight is the best disinfectant..

Maybe complainers should do more volunteer work to help avert a Federal bankruptcy?
Two years ago, I made an RV trip across the southern US all the way to western Arizona. and back Stopped at many National Parks and National Monuments along the way. Most had minimal staff. Even then some of the less popular monuments had a staffer or two doodling away the time seemingly not much to do.
I think there is still room for improve efficiency.

 

[wildtrout2]

Pathetic and depressing.

A sad sign of the times, unfortunately.

 

[6xAdams(Jones)]

Oh... campsites. I thought it said campgrounds. Still sad, but not as bad as I initially thought.

 

[JeffP]

Maybe complainers should do more volunteer work to help avert a Federal bankruptcy?
Two years ago, I made an RV trip across the southern US all the way to western Arizona. and back Stopped at many National Parks and National Monuments along the way. Most had minimal staff. Even then some of the less popular monuments had a staffer or two doodling away the time seemingly not much to do.
I think there is still room for improve efficiency.

Yeah that's proof.

 

[wildtrout2]

Got pay-walled so I couldn't check.

Me too. I don't play that. That's when I just move on. 😉

 

[poopdeck]

Nothing like a little creative wording to elicit emotional responses. We should all be far more worried about a two trillion dollar deficit than 450 CAMPSITES.

 

[JeffP]

Oh... campsites. I thought it said campgrounds. Still sad, but not as bad as I initially though

I have to admit, that's the way I read it too!

 

[salmo]

Maybe complainers should do more volunteer work to help avert a Federal bankruptcy?
Two years ago, I made an RV trip across the southern US all the way to western Arizona. and back Stopped at many National Parks and National Monuments along the way. Most had minimal staff. Even then some of the less popular monuments had a staffer or two doodling away the time seemingly not much to do.
I think there is still room for improve efficiency.

Maybe the top 100 billionaires should volunteer to pay a billion each?

 

[Cznymph]

It’s a poorly written article. The Tompkins campground is on Cowanesque Lake. Not Cowanesque and Tioga and Hammond lakes as the article claims.

 

[Tabasco-Joe]

Maybe the top 100 billionaires should volunteer to pay a billion each?

That would be great, but our burn rate is close to $20B a day. It's not sustainable.
We are going to have to figure out how to get things done more efficiently if we want them done.
Eventually this will impact state programs as well. So, PA FBC, PA DCNR, PA Game Commission to name a few.

 

[Bamboozle]

The Philthadelphia Inquirer; about an unbiased reliable source of information as the Washington Post and the New York Times....

 

[salmo]

The Philthadelphia Inquirer; about an unbiased reliable source of information as the Washington Post and the New York Times....

If you go to the Gummint web page its there. Reliable enough?

 

[Bamboozle]

I will never believe the drivel in the Inquirer.

In their world, Philadelphia is safe and Larry Krasner is responsible...