Interior allows some national parks to reopen

Agreements were made allowing a dozen national parks to reopen Saturday with state funding, according to the Washington Post.

The state of Utah paid out the largest sum of $1.7 million toward allowing eight parks, including Zion National Park, to reopen for 10 days. Other similar agreements were made: Arizona paid $651,000 to open the Grand Canyon for seven days; Colorado paid $362,700 to reopen the Rocky Mountain National Park for 10 days; the state of New York paid $369,300 to reopen the Statue of Liberty for six days; and South Dakota paid $152,000 to reopen Mount Rushmore for 10 days.

Eash state will pay for the reopenings initally, but will likely be reimbursed by the federal government once the shutdown ends, as authorized by Congress.

Read more at the Washington Post.