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What are the repercussions of entering National parks during the 2013 US Government shutdown?

What are the repercussions of entering National parks during the US Government shutdown?

There's a trail near my house that I go to almost every week. It's really just a fence with a gate in it. I didn't realize it was national park until yesterday when iI went there and there were temporary orange signs saying park closed due to the federal government shutdown. I looked it up and indeed it is a national park.

Does that mean that it's truly 'illegal' to walk on the trail? Or that it's just not patrolled (I've never seen a government employee in there anyhow)?

What are the repercussions of entering National parks during US Government shutdown?

What are the repercussions of entering National parks during US Government shutdown?

There's a trail near my house that I go to almost every week. It's really just a fence with a gate in it. I didn't realize it was national park until yesterday when i went there and there were temporary orange signs saying park closed due to federal government shutdown. I looked it up and indeed it is national park.

Does that mean that it's truly 'illegal' to walk on the trail? Or that it's just not patrolled (I've never seen a government employee in there anyhow)?

What are the repercussions of entering National parks during the 2013 US Government shutdown?

What are the repercussions of entering National parks during the US Government shutdown?

There's a trail near my house that I go to almost every week. It's really just a fence with a gate in it. I didn't realize it was national park until yesterday when I went there and there were temporary orange signs saying park closed due to the federal government shutdown. I looked it up and indeed it is a national park.

Does that mean that it's truly 'illegal' to walk on the trail? Or that it's just not patrolled (I've never seen a government employee in there anyhow)?

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What are the repercussions of entering National parks during US Government shutdown?

What are the repercussions of entering National parks during US Government shutdown?

There's a trail near my house that I go to almost every week. It's really just a fence with a gate in it. I didn't realize it was national park until yesterday when i went there and there were temporary orange signs saying park closed due to federal government shutdown. I looked it up and indeed it is national park.

Does that mean that it's truly 'illegal' to walk on the trail? Or that it's just not patrolled (I've never seen a government employee in there anyhow)?