Camazotz
October 1st, 2013, 09:06 AM
The Google doodle for Tues., Oct. 1 commemorates the 123rd anniversary of Yosemite National Park.
The Google doodle is celebrating the 123rd birthday of Yosemite National Park, but in a sad turn of events, the tribute comes the very day visitors to the California nature reserve will be turned away due to the government shutdown.
Though its website boasts that Yosemite is open 24 hours, 365 days a year, the Department of Interior alerted visitors that as of midnight Tuesday, all 401 parks run by the U.S. National Park Service would be closed given the Congressional showdown in Washington.
Park police will continue to secure the facilities, but visitor centers will be closed, campers will be escorted out and education programs cancelled.
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Yosemite, which spans more than 747,000 acres in eastern California, is known as a spectacular nature reserve with giant sequoia forests, waterfalls and granite cliffs.
With the government shutdown, Yosemite National Park and hundreds of others across the nation are now closed.
More than 287 million people visited national parks in the U.S. in 2012 and an estimated 3.5 million flock to Yosemite each year.
The Park was officially established through a congressional act, spearheaded by Sierra Club founder John Muir and writer Robert Underwood Johnson, on Oct. 1, 1890.
It was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1984.
Google didn't comment on the unfortunate timing of the doodle. The company has created more than 1,000 doodles since 1998 to mark special holidays and events that "reflect Google's personality and love for innovation."
Google Celebrates Yosemite National Park (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/google-celebrates-yosemite-park-closes-shutdown-article-1.1472463)
The Google doodle is celebrating the 123rd birthday of Yosemite National Park, but in a sad turn of events, the tribute comes the very day visitors to the California nature reserve will be turned away due to the government shutdown.
Though its website boasts that Yosemite is open 24 hours, 365 days a year, the Department of Interior alerted visitors that as of midnight Tuesday, all 401 parks run by the U.S. National Park Service would be closed given the Congressional showdown in Washington.
Park police will continue to secure the facilities, but visitor centers will be closed, campers will be escorted out and education programs cancelled.
http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1472461.1380631706!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/76081789.jpg
Yosemite, which spans more than 747,000 acres in eastern California, is known as a spectacular nature reserve with giant sequoia forests, waterfalls and granite cliffs.
With the government shutdown, Yosemite National Park and hundreds of others across the nation are now closed.
More than 287 million people visited national parks in the U.S. in 2012 and an estimated 3.5 million flock to Yosemite each year.
The Park was officially established through a congressional act, spearheaded by Sierra Club founder John Muir and writer Robert Underwood Johnson, on Oct. 1, 1890.
It was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1984.
Google didn't comment on the unfortunate timing of the doodle. The company has created more than 1,000 doodles since 1998 to mark special holidays and events that "reflect Google's personality and love for innovation."
Google Celebrates Yosemite National Park (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/google-celebrates-yosemite-park-closes-shutdown-article-1.1472463)