Government shutdown 2023 update: Fat Bear Week in Alaska could be canceled
Fat Bear Week is an annual competition where viewers vote for the fattest bear in Alaska's Katmai National Park.
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Fat Bear Week is an annual competition where viewers vote for the fattest bear in Alaska's Katmai National Park.
The looming government shutdown threatens to claw its way into a crowd-pleasing Alaska tradition: Fat Bear Week
The brown bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska have been bulking up for hibernation. If Congress doesn't approve a funding deal, Fat Bear Week will be put on hold.
Tourism tied to the National Park System, and the highly popular Fat Bear Week at Katmai National Park and Preseve, will take a blow if a Congressional government funding impasse leads to a shutdown Sunday.
Without funding for the National Park Service, the beloved celebration of Alaska's "burly" brown bears may not be able to take place as planned.