Good morning, the park is closed… take your camping, fishing, hiking and sight seeing somewhere else (at least for the time being)

As part of the Federal government’s partial shutdown the following National Parks, forests and Preserves appear to be closed until further notice from the National Parks Service (Department of Interior) and National Forest Service (Department of Agriculture). For off road enthusiasts the Ocala national Forest and Big Cypress closure (which contains the Bear Island unit) are particularly disappointing.

Under the National Parks Service
• Everglades National Park
• Big Cypress National Preserve
• Biscayne National Park
• Dry Tortugas National Park
• Canaveral National Seashore
• Fort Caroline National Memorial
• Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
• De Soto National Memorial
• Gulf Islands National Seashore
• Fort Matanzas National Monument
• Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve

Under National Fish and Wild Life Service
• Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge
• Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
• Ten Thousand Island National Wildlife Refuge
• J. N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge

Under the US Forest Service
• Apalachicola National Forest
• Osceola National Forest
• Ocala National Forest