This isn't a Democrat run administration that will try to maximize the pressure by maximizing public impact. It is a conservative administration that will try to maximize availability of public services with minimal resources and this particular administration will all but dare public employees to give them a reason for force reductions.

The usual level of spiteful shut downs won't happen this time.
I don't want this to get overly political but that is pretty much the objective view of how this plays out.

I think "spiteful shutdown" is a good description of how it happened in the past.

And I agree, the current administration is less likely to do things like block public monuments, or block state highway overlooks of Mount Rushmore.

That being said, a lot of career government employees want to "resist" an administration they dislike, so you are likely to get malicious compliance on a lower level.

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When Googling this shut down, an article popped up that claimed that Joshua Tree monument was heavily damaged during a long shut down in the past. Joshua trees cut down, campground locks cut off, new roads made through wilderness.

Maybe that happened, maybe not.

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What do you expect when you put a national park in California?

Update: Stayed at Hords Creek (Coleman) currently at Live Oak (Lake Belton) both are CoE parks.

Some winter campground closures, but no Shutdown closures, and no closures announced.

I love state parks, but the CoE parks are really nice and well maintained.

Had a nice bonus at Hords. We were biking the roads through the campgrounds and came to a closed gate, where they had closed off most of the south side of the lake and about 2/3 of the campgrounds for the winter.

We were turning around when a park ranger drove up, and opened the gate for us. He allowed us to bike through miles of roads with no other traffic but the deer.

It was very nice