PHOTO: April will bring the blooms of Redbuds in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Due to federal budget cuts under the sequester, 3 campgrounds, 2 picnic areas and 1 horse camp will not open this summer. Photo credit: Public Domain
March 15, 2013
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Federal budget cuts mean you may have to revise those summer vacation plans.
The sequester is leading to closures and cutbacks on services offered at places such as the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Great Smoky Mountains.
That’s because the National Park Service is among the areas that got hit with the automatic spending cuts that began to take effect this month.
Don Barger, Southeast regional director of the National Parks Conservation Association, says the impact will be felt since there was little-to-no wiggle room before.
“When paying for staff and fixed costs take up about 90 percent of your budget and you get a cut of 9 percent in your spending authority for
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