UPDATED 17:09 PM EST, February 25, 2013
Visiting hours at all 398 national parks are likely to be cut and sensitive areas would be blocked off to the public under what Salazar termed "draconian" cuts required by a budget-cutting law. Salazar said the park service's $112 million in cuts are especially grim, since they hit just as parks are preparing for an influx of spring and summer visitors.
