The U.S. Department of the Interior said no parks are expected to close in the summer, but park rangers warned of reduced hours and services.
The report has raised concerns about national park access and maintenance heading into the summer travel season.
However, the National Park Service topped the list of government agencies seen favorably by U.S. adults, according to a Pew Research study last July, and national parks are widely considered to be among America’s greatest treasures .
Park rangers are crowdsourcing terminations and cataloging the number of National Park Service employees the Trump administration has fired across the country.
National parks will hire seasonal employees in an exception to President Trump’s hiring freeze. Delay could impact WA parks in early summer.
An advocacy group is gravely concerned about forced exits of hundreds of rangers, interpreters, and administrative staff in U.S. national parks.
National park employees have been notified about a possible second round of layoffs; Mojave Desert groups warn of repercussions, impacts on SoCal land.
A couple dozen probationary federal employees at the region's national parks and forests lost their jobs in the “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre.” Deeper cuts across federal agencies are expected.
In the weeks since President Donald Trump has assumed office, more than 200,000 federal workers at a number of agencies have had their roles slashed.
National Park Service officials and experts are warning that some of the most treasured parks may face more crowd control issues.
Fired U.S. National Forest and National Parks employees are speaking out about the mass layoffs by the Trump administration.
Visitors to America’s national parks can expect shorter hours and longer lines after the Trump administration fired 1,000 park employees as part of its latest effort to dramatically reduce the federal workforce.