LAS VEGAS ( FOX5 ) — Day 10 of the government shutdown and still no end in sight. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers including about two-thirds of National Park staff remain furloughed. What does that mean for our local public lands here in Nevada? Friday, FOX5 went to Lake Mead to find out.

“My boyfriend and I left in August. We were on about 8,500 miles now,” explained Nicole Dannenberg, a camper from Illinois, who stopped at Lake Mead National Recreation Area on a cross-country National Park road trip. Though there was no one at the entrance gates nor at the visitor center, she was still able to book her campsite through the park’s website.

“There’s nobody to talk to if you need to know if you can build a fire or where to buy firewood, things like that. It is helpful to have a

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