Nene deaths and nest damage, a cabin broken into and native trees cut for firewood are the damages reported at Haleakala National Park during the federal government shutdown from Dec. 22 to Jan. 25.

The Summit and Kipahulu districts were open and entrance to the park was free during the shutdown. The reservation system for sunrise continued.

The park service kept on only a skeleton crew, who worked without pay, and warned visitors that emergency services would be limited. Trash pickup and custodial services continued through the shutdown.

No backcountry permits were issued and all interpretive and voluntary activities were suspended.

The nonprofit Friends of Haleakala National Park and Native Hawaiian practitioners volunteered to provide information to visitors and to advise about activities that may hurt the plants and wildlife in the unique ecosystem atop the 10,023-foot mountain.

Still, two endangered Hawaiian geese, the nene, were hit by cars and killed, said park spokesman Andrew Munoz earlier this week. Several nene nests were damaged by predators because of the pause in the park’s trapping program.

One historic cabin in Haleakala Crater was broken into with damage to a window, and several native trees around the three historic cabins in the crater were damaged by visitors looking for firewood, said Munoz, acting chief of public and congressional affairs for the Pacific West Region of the National Park Service.

“Fortunately, and due to the wonderful support and generous donations from the park’s private concessions operators, Haleakala National Park was able to provide trash pickup and custodial services from the outset of the shutdown,” Munoz said. “And then, once authorized, the park also used entrance fee revenues for custodial, trash, water testing and entrance station staff.”

Munoz could not say how much revenue was lost due to the shutdown but noted that gross revenue for the Dec. 22, 2017-Jan. 25, 2018, period at Haleakala was $515,384.

* Lee Imada can be reached at leeimada@mauinews.com.