SHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYEVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK, Fla - Feb. 26, 20131. Wide of tourists on nature trail at Shark Valley visitors center2. Medium of tourists3. Wide of birds along water4. Medium of anhinga5. Close-up of anhinga6. Pull-out establishing shot of Dan Kimball, park superintendent7. SOUNDBITE: Dan Kimball, superintendant, Everglades National Park"For Everglades National Park, we have to realize a cut of $841,000 by the end of the year, end of the fiscal year. We're a little bit different than a lot of parks because a lot of other parks are having more major impacts, because they're ramping up their visitor services. However, here at Everglades, our operations are going the other way. We're at this point winding down our seasonal operations and the mosquitoes are returning to Everglades National Park."8. Various of tourists getting onto tour bus at park9. Wide of workers building new bridge in park to restore water flow underneath (water quality project).10. Medium of worker 11. SOUNDBITE: Dan Kimball, superintendant, Everglades National Park"Of those 17 vacancies, I think two of those positions are our senior-level biologists. So, I mean, those are some senior-level people who work on wildlife issues in the park, so there will be some impacts on wildlife management programs in the park."AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYDAVIE, Florida - Jan. 12, 201312. Medium Burmese Python writhing on grass at demonstration at kickoff of python challenge organized by Florida officials (FILE)AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYEVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK, Fla - Feb. 26, 201313. SOUNDBITE: Dan Kimball, superintendant, Everglades National Park"One of those positions does oversee our python management program."14. Tourist Rita Accadia from Ontario points at alligator in canal15. Medium of alligator in canal16. SOUNDBITE: Rita Accadia, tourist from Ontario, Canada, relieved no immediate cuts to visitor programs at park."This is wonderful for adults. It's wonderful for children. It's great to teach them what Florida is about. Not just the beaches and the sand but the wildlife that's out here, so absolutely yes. "17. Tourist Stephen Leibensperger snaps picture of alligator18. SOUNDBITE: Stephen Leibensperger, tourist from Reading, Penn., asked about budget cuts"There are always a way to cut, plenty of ways to cut money without doing the stuff that they're talking about in the paper. They're trying to get people scared, so that they get a hold of their congressman and say 'Oh, don't do that, don't do that' You know, it's like the military. I know, they're not supposed to cut too much from the military, but they could cut probably a thousand officers from the Pentagon, and nobody would ever miss them. But they won't do that. They'll get rid of somebody else that we really need." 19. Medium Tour bus rolls past wildlife20. Medium tourist points from bus at wildlife21. Medium of blue heron walks on grass22. Close-up of blue heronSTORYLINETourists won't see an immediate impact from automatic budget cuts at Everglades National Park, but a top official says wildlife programs could suffer. Park Superintendent Dan Kimball says there are already 17 vacancies at the park, but notes that with the busy winter visitor season winding down, the budget cuts won't effect visitor programs unless the cuts stretch into November. Everglades, one of Florida's more popular tourist destinations, receives more than 900,000 visitors a year, according to the National Park Service. The peak season is between November and March."For Everglades National Park, we have to realize a cut of $841,000 by the end of the year, end of the fiscal year," Kimball said. "However, here at Everglades, our operations are going the other way. We're at this point winding down our seasonal operations and the mosquitoes are returning to Everglades National Park," he said.But Kimball says if senior positions at the park are left unfilled, will be impacts to the many science programs that are run in Florida's "river of grass." "Of those 17 vacancies, I think two of those positions are our senior-level biologists," Kimball said. "Those are some senior-level people who work on wildlife issues in the park, so there will be some impacts on wildlife management programs in the park."One continuing problem in the Everglades are non-native Burmese pythons that are devastating other wildlife. Last month, state wildlife officials invited thousands of people to hunt pythons to focus public attention on the issue. But Kimball says among the automatic budget cuts are funds to replace a scientist working to manage the invasive snakes."One of those positions does oversee our python management program," Kimball said. On a warm Tuesday, tourists filled the Shark Valley visitors center at the park, where visitors can ride bicycles past alligators, egrets, and herons, or ride a tour bus though the lush vegetation. Tourist Rita Accadia from Ontario said she'd heard about the budget debate in the U.S., and was relieved that her visit to the Everglades wouldn't be effected."This is wonderful for adults. It's wonderful for children. It's great to teach them what Florida is about. Not just the beaches and the sand but the wildlife that's out here," she said.But visitor Stephen Leibensperger, who hopped off his bicycle to snap a picture of a gator sunbathing along a canal bank, said he thought the budget cut issue was being overblown"They're trying to get people scared, so that they get a hold of their congressman and say 'Oh, don't do that, don't do that' You know, it's like the military. I know, they're not supposed to cut too much from the military, but they could cut probably a thousand officers from the Pentagon, and nobody would ever miss them. But they won't do that. They'll get rid of somebody else that we really need," he said.(****END****)