Services and access to national parks and facilities in the Highland Lakes will be limited due to the federal government shutdown , which began Wednesday, Oct. 1, and has no quick end in sight.

Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge , Inks Dam National Fish Hatchery , and Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park are all impacted by the federal spending freeze. Each will remain open to some extent, but only a handful of employees will be on site.

Congressional lawmakers failed to meet a Wednesday deadline to approve government spending, triggering mass pauses on wages and funding for national agencies such as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service , which oversees the Balcones Canyonlands refuge and Inks Dam hatchery, and the National Park Service , which manages the LBJ h

See Full Page