ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) -- North Carolina, among other states, is home to more than two million acres of national forests, national parks, and other federally-controlled public lands.

Which raises the question: How will the federal shutdown impact people who hunt, fish, hike, trap, boat, or do any other outdoors activity within the confines of those resources?

The answer? Not much, at least in the short term.

If you have a trip slated for any of those places, take it. They will be open, though you may see visitors centers or developed campgrounds closed.

"I don't see any impacts," said U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith (VA-09). "People will be able to go hunting, people will be able to go fishing."

Griffith encouraged those who find access limited to contact his office, so his staff can work on a

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