For Utah, not even the federal government shutdown was enough to keep its residents from lobbying to keep their world-renowned national parks open -- but it’ll cost them. Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R) was among four state governors to negotiate a deal between his state parks department and the federal government. For just over $166,000 a day, the
Tourism-Driven States Scrape Together Funds To Keep National Parks Open
Four states have struck a deal to keep their National Parks open during the gov. shutdown, but at a price.