It’s Been a rough year for the outdoors. The national parks especially; the Association of National Park Rangers notes that the park service has lost 12 percent of its workforce so far this year from cuts by the Trump administration. Most parks were already struggling to adequately staff, update, and maintain their facilities. What’s more, Washington’s biggest public spaces have faced a host of other challenges recently, from fires to washouts to broken bridges.
Here’s what it all might mean for our favorite visitor centers and park destinations—and where to go if Plan A doesn’t pan out. (Don’t forget that we have a lot of state parks to see,
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