Here’s how to help the U.S. National Parks during the government shutdown
Understaffed due to the shutdown, many National Parks are being trashed. The National Park Foundations is amassing funds–and volunteers–so the parks can recover once the government reopens.
The current U.S. government shutdown–at over three weeks now and counting–is the longest shutdown in the country’s history. As President Donald Trump has brought the government to a standstill with his demand for $5 billion in funding for a border wall between Mexico and the U.S., some 800,000 government workers have been placed on furlough. A few have turned to the gig economy to bridge their lost income, and others have continued to work without a paycheck.