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‘Hire back park staff’: Visitors feel the pinch of Trump’s layoffs at National Park Service
The visitors who trek to America’s national parks are already noticing the changes, just months after President Donald Trump ...
Interior Department tried to root out 'negative' national park history. It totally backfired.
The Department of the Interior's efforts to revise unfavorable stories about American history at National Park Service sites ...
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Staffing Crisis at National Parks Reaches Breaking Point, New Data Shows 24% Decline in Permanent Workforce
"National parks cannot properly function at the staffing levels this administration has reduced them to. And it’s only ...
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What to know about national park layoffs and potential closures
In mid-February 2025, amid reports that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration planned to fire thousands of National Park Service and Forest Service workers, social media users began ...
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White House continues dismantling National Park Service workforce - SFGATE
The Trump administration isn’t done trying to reduce the size and capacity of the National Park Service, which oversees the care of 433 parks, historic sites, monuments and recreation areas ...
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Feds Fire 4,400+ Public-Land Employees, Including Forest Service Workers, National Park Staff - Outdoor Life
While specifics on the firings are hazy, Politico reported Friday that the Forest Service dismissed 3,400 people, which is about 10 percent of its workforce. The Interior Department fired about ...
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Park Service suspends air-quality monitoring at all national parks - The Washington Post
The Interior Department, which includes the National Park Service, issued stop-work orders last week to the two contractors running the program, the email shows.
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Senate panel wary of states managing National Park sites
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum defended proposed cuts to his department’s fiscal 2026 budget before a Senate panel on Wednesday as lawmakers questioned an administration suggestion that some ...
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New Order Threatens Park Service’s Efforts to Protect and Explore American History · National Parks Conservation Association
WASHINGTON – This week, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum issued Secretarial Order 3431, instructing his department to begin implementing provisions of President Trump’s “Restoring Truth and Sanity ...