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POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
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States react to Obama offer to pay to reopen parks
The Associated Press

• Ten days after the partial shutdown of the federal government shuttered the Statue of Liberty, Grand Canyon and other national parks, the Obama administration has offered to let states foot the bill to reopen parks within their borders. Here's how states are reacting to the offer:
• ARIZONA
• A deal reached Friday means visitors should be able to return to Grand Canyon National Park on Saturday, state officials said. Arizona agreed to pay the Park Service $651,000 to keep the Grand Canyon open for seven days. The $93,000 a day is less than the $112,000 a day the federal government previously said was needed to fund park operations.
• CALIFORNIA
• Gov. Jerry Brown's administration has no plans to spend state money to reopen any of the national parks in California. H.D. Palmer, spokesman for the governor's finance department, said the state's budget was balanced narrowly this year, with a small reserve, and there's no guarantee the state would be reimbursed. It also does not want to be in the position of deciding which national parks would reopen and which would remain closed.
• COLORADO
• Colorado agreed to pay about $360,000 to reopen Rocky Mountain National Park through Oct. 20 to boost its main gateway town, Estes Park, which was hit hard by flooding last month.
• FLORIDA
• Gov. Rick Scott's administration said they had no plans to use reopen Everglades National Park and other national parks located in the Sunshine State. Scott spokesman Frank Collins said, "Florida taxpayers will not foot the bill to cover Washington's failure to negotiate and compromise."
• HAWAII
• Gov. Neil Abercrombie's office said the state is unlikely to reopen national parks because it doesn't appear it would be reimbursed.

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