Feds avoid shutdown, but state still ready to step in

Brice Wallace 

The state of Utah was ready to step in to help keep its national parks open in the event of a federal government shutdown.

It still is.

At a special meeting late last month, the Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity (Go Utah) board approved using $5 million from the state’s Industrial Assistance Account to keep the parks operating if the shutdown occurred, but Congress avoided a shutdown with an agreement to keep the federal government funded for 45 more days.

The Go Utah board motion says the $5 million can be used for a shutdown occurring “in 2023.”

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