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Fired employees fear beloved Yosemite National Park will lose its luster
Yosemite National Park employees who recently were fired by the Trump administration worry cuts will affect the experience of visitors and the welfare of wildlife that thrive in the popular vacation destination located in California’s Sierra Nevada.
What's next for former Forest Service and National Park employees following layoffs?
Tens of thousands of national parks and forest employees were terminated last week. The cuts, part of a larger push to cut federal spending, have left federal employees worried about the future of public lands and employment opportunities.
Firing 1,000 national park employees isn't America's best idea | Mark Woods
Trump's vision for "America's Best Idea": a new national park "full of statues" and existing national parks with fewer employees.
Science In The National Park System Taking A Hit From Employee Firings
Go past the visitor center and the restrooms and leave the parking area, and you'll enter a realm of the National Park Service that isn't in the public's eye but which is being hit hard and disrupted by the Trump administration's hatchet approach to shrinking federal government.
Yosemite workers grapple with layoffs, fear for future of national parks
The Trump administration has laid off around 1,000 National Park Service employees, including custodians, wildlife specialists, and seasonal workers.
Watch the spectacular ‘Firefall’ phenomenon at El Capitan inside Yosemite National Park
Videos from Yosemite National Park show the iconic "Firefall" phenomenon glowing at Horsetail Fall inside California's crown jewel.
‘I’m really scared for the future of wildlife’: How national park layoffs could impact Yosemite
Andria Townsend led a team of biologists in search of one of the West’s most elusive creatures: the Pacific fisher. Then the axe fell. The 36-year-old supervisory scientist at Yosemite National Park was among the many National Park Service employees abruptly fired from their job – and her efforts to find and ultimately protect the endangered fisher were abandoned.
‘Two weeks of glorious joy’ then ‘a kidney punch’: Fmr. Denali park ranger on being fired by DOGE
Kristin Jenn was a seasonal park ranger for Denali National Park for two seasons before accepting a permanent position at ...
Fired US Forest Service and National Park Service workers say cuts will be felt on fire lines
Fired U.S. National Forest and National Parks employees are speaking out about the mass layoffs by the Trump administration.
Trump’s firing of 1,000 national park workers raises concerns about maintenance and operating hours
The Trump administration has fired about 1,000 newly hired National Park Service employees as part of its broad-based effort ...
How National Park Service layoffs could stretch some parks to their limits
Roughly 1,000 NPS workers were laid off as part of the Trump Administration's push to trim the federal workforce. Here’s what ...
Here's how National Park Service cuts could impact your summer vacation
National Park Service cuts could cause chaos at the national parks, especially during the busy summer season, advocates say.
National Park Service restores some jobs of fired employees, pledges to hire 7,700 seasonal workers
The Trump administration is restoring jobs for dozens of National Park Service employees fired amid government-wide ...
Researchers discover new species of sunflower dubbed the 'wooly devil' at Big Bend National Park
Researchers with the California Academy of Sciences have discovered a new species of sunflower endemic to the dry, rugged ...
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Government faces backlash as proposed animal sanctuary stuck in limbo while new threat emerges: 'We were promised a world-class national park'
"We just want that to be done." Government faces backlash as proposed animal sanctuary stuck in limbo while new threat ...