A federal judge has ordered the National Park Service to re-open Langley Fork Park, at least temporarily. The Washington Post reports: A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the National Park Service to immediately reopen Langley Fork Park in McLean — which was closed Oct. 1 — and allow the boys and girls of the McLean Youth Lacrosse […]
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Interior Re-Opens National Parks with State Support
The Washington Post reports: On Saturday, the barricades at Utah’s Natural Bridges National Monument disappeared, allowing visitors to return to the tourist draw despite the government shutdown. They also came down at Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park, Arizona’s Grand Canyon and New York’s Statue of Liberty. . . . In an interview Friday, Utah Gov. Gary R. […]
Immigration Reform Rally to Proceed Despite Government Shutdown
Federal agencies, including the National Park Service, have been quite insistent that all access to national parks must be shut off due to the government shutdown. As a consequence, the NPS and other land management agencies have erected barriers to prevent access to various parks, such as the WWII Memorial on the Mall. The NPS […]
Is the Federal Government Shutdown Forcing the Closure of Privately Run Facilities?
Bryan Preston reports that the federal government is ordering private contractors to close campgrounds and the like on federal lands even where such properties do not rely upon federal funds to operate. Indeed, in many cases, these properties generate revenue for the federal government. According to Preston’s report, similar closures were not ordered during prior […]
D.C. Circuit Strikes Down Limits on Expressive Activity in National Parks
This morning, in Boardley v. U.S. Department of the Interior, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit struck down the National Park Service’s permitting regulations for expressive activities in national parks on First Amendment grounds. The panel opinion, by Judge Janice Rogers Brown, begins as follows: It is unlawful to engage in expressive […]