https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pa5jqb/the-government-shutdown-has-halted-wildlife-conservation-and-research

The now 21-day long government shutdown has wreaked havoc on the National Park Service, leading to irrevocable damage from unsupervised public visitors. Now, it’s also stymieing important wildlife conservation work and research typically done by NPS, putting vulnerable species at risk.

Research projects that provide valuable data to help conserve species have been paused, the staff that work to protect endangered wildlife have been furloughed, and the funds typically used to pay for this work are being lost at a staggering rate due to the shutdown.