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ington Fost was accurate, he re* plied, “it’s a good guess.” He explained that it is difficult to estfi mate how many of the vehicles ma$ have purchased year-long admission cards, as well as senior citizens entitled to reduced admission prices! “It’s hard to know.”
He said that park officials were “more concerned about the level of service” as opposed to the lost revenue. “We are thinking about the visw tors who were not able to fillip experience the park.”
Though the services provided by the National Park Service were pared to the essentials, other facili* ties which are operated under a fraiv chise agreement with ARA Skyline Inc., including restaurants, lodger and concession stands, were not a£ fected by the Federal order. They remained open all weekend. i
Mr. Rives said he and other Park Service officials were impressed by the attention devoted to how the budget impasse affected the national park system. He pointed to numerous interviews done by the national media with visitors to the parks. “People waited for a year for their vacation, went to that spot, and then couldn’t eiyoy it. People were upset about the shutdown. In the big picture . . . the American people are pretty supportive of their parks, and they use them.
“That makes us feel good — and it’s important and significant that we didn’t just shut the door,” Mr. Rives said.
On Tuesday, with the passage cjf another continuing resolution allowing the government to operate unti Oct. 15, the park resumed its normal schedule of activities, with visitor! centers and entrance stations ope$ and staffed again.
Beyond that, Mr. Rives said* “it’s anybody’s guess” how th$ park’s operations will be affected b possible budget cuts. “We’ll jus| have to wait and see.”
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