Government shutdown will cause lasting damage to national parks
by Javier Panzar, Los Angeles Times
Jan 05, 2019
3 minutes
When David Lamfrom drove into Joshua Tree National Park last week during the first days of the partial government shutdown, he was startled by the chaos.
He saw park visitors hiking off of marked trails and driving their vehicles off of paved roads, trampling and running over vegetation on the desert floor.
Lamfrom, director of the California desert and national wildlife programs for the National Parks Conservation Association, was concerned about the destruction of the delicate fungus, bacteria and
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