Superior National Forest partners impacted by shutdown

WTIP has been reaching out to various government entities to learn how they have been affected by the partial government shutdown, which began on December 22, 2018. In addition to government workers going without wages, many federal agencies are falling behind on the work they do. That is the case for the U.S. Forest Service here in Cook County.

 

Work on trails, at trailheads and portages is on hold, but WTIP has learned that several bathrooms at trailheads are open during the shutdown. The facilities at sites such as Eagle Mountain, Pincushion Mountain, and Oberg Mountain could be checked and trash collected, if any forest users wanted to lend a hand during the shutdown.

 

WTIP’s Rhonda Silence speaks with John Wytanis of the Northwoods Volunteer Connection to learn if NVC has been impacted by the shutdown.