National parks are seeing the impact of the government shutdown, with reports of overflowing trash and human feces found at sites across the U.S.

John Garder, senior budget director of the National Parks Conservation Association, warned that the ongoing shutdown was a “nightmare scenario” and that there are concerns there will be “significant damage” to natural resources across the country, Agence France-Presse reported.

The partial federal government shutdown began on December 22 after the Trump administration and Democrats failed to reach an agreement on the $5 billion funding that Trump demands to build a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico.

National parks have been closed during other government shutdowns, but this time they have remained open to visitors—without the rangers or staff to keep them running smoothly. “We’re afraid that we’re going to start seeing significant damage to the natural resources in parks and potentially to historic and other cultural artifacts,” Garder said. “We’re concerned there’ll be impacts to visitors’ safety. It’s really a nightmare scenario.”

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