8 Closed for the sequester.

• Position: STATELINE - Effect of the budget sequestration on national parks - Brief article

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Visitors to state and national parks this summer are feeling the effects of $150 million in federal sequestration cuts and tight state budgets. Trash cans and bathrooms aren't so tidy. Lines are longer. Hours are shorter. Visitors' centers, trails and historic buildings are temporarily shuttered. Making things worse, the cuts have had a domino effect in places. At Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park, for example, 11 seasonal tour-guide jobs were left vacant to help offset a $324,000 budget trim...