{"id":"AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-049","kind":"context","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"Great Smoky Mountains National Park (TN/NC)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS","eco":"","issuer":"Superintendent Cassius Cash","authority":"36 C.F.R. 1.5; 36 C.F.R. 2.50","instrument":"News release, \u0027Park Modifies Operations to Implement Latest Health Guidance\u0027 (campgrounds, pavilions, church and special-use permits)","title":"Park Modifies Operations to Implement Latest Health Guidance","dateIssued":"2020-03-18","effective":"2020-03-19","end":"Superseded by the full closure of Mar. 24, 2020 (046)","startDate":"2020-03-19","endDate":"2020-03-24","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CLOSE","GATH","EVT"],"addressees":["campers, backcountry campers and A.T. thru-hikers","holders of pavilion, church and Special Park Use permits"],"clause":"[Beginning] Thursday, March 19, seasonally open campgrounds at Smokemont, Cades Cove, [and Elkmont will close]... [with] cancellations for campgrounds, picnic pavilions, churches, and Special Park Use [permits]... Effective immediately, backcountry campers and A.T. thru-hikers [are directed to alternative arrangements].","enforcement":"36 C.F.R. 1.5 and 2.50; 18 U.S.C. 1865","functions":["GATH group events, weddings and church services in park pavilions and churches cancelled","LG campgrounds closed","CN concessions","CB visitors to the most-visited national park (12.5 million visits in 2019)"],"notes":"Visitor centers had closed Mar. 17, 2020 (\u0027Park Announces Temporary Visitor Center Closures\u0027, not saved); group-event permits were modified Mar. 19 (not saved).","sourceUrl":"https://www.nps.gov/grsm/learn/news/park-modifies-operations-to-implement-latest-health-guidance.htm","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":666617,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS","url":"/library/AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-049","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-049","citation":"Superintendent Cassius Cash, News release, \u0027Park Modifies Operations to Implement Latest Health Guidance\u0027 (campgrounds, pavilions, church and special-use permits) (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-049)","stateName":"","related":["AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-046","AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-047","AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-048"]}