TREMONTON, Utah — It’s the season of Halloween events, and the Bear River Migratory Refuge, a federal site in Box Elder County, was gearing up to host one of its own. The first “Creature Crawl” event was scheduled earlier in the month, later postponed to Oct. 25, but then canceled because of the ongoing federal government shutdown.

"It’s actually a new one that we've never done before. The bird refuge is reaching out to do more community events, so we'll be back,” said Joanie Hammer, the tourism director for Box Elder County.

Hammer hopes people will still visit the bird refuge and the Golden Spike National Historical Park, but recreate responsibly.

"A lot of my partners at our federal facilities, a lot of them are young families that still have families to feed and those bills to pay,

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