One thousand National Park Services were suddenly dismissed during their trial last week as officials were talking about cost-cutting measures across the federal government.
A press release from the National Park Conservancy Association called for an immediate halt of staff layoffs, citing the devastating impact they have on the park visitors’ experiences and the obvious impact they will have on the affected staff. Part of the broader efforts to cut federal workforce in science and conservation work is a comprehensive cut and hiring freeze.
The Ministry of the Interior Department has exempted 5,000 seasonal jobs from recruitment freezes, while ending 1,000 permanent national park service personnel.
A NPCA spokesman said: “In at least some cases, they [NPS staff] Emails were received, not from administrators, saying it was out of bad records, and that was the opposite. “After the sudden cut, affected park rangers and other staff members shared their indistinguishable stories of their connection to the park and staffing changes. The NPCA released its own set of staff proof yesterday.
The probation period is usually one or two years, during which time the positions of park workers are reviewed. John Garder, senior director of budget at NPCA, told Gizmodo over the phone.
In other words, the probation period does not specifically exclude poor performance. Gatel said along with the exemption from seasonal workers, staff cuts put the National Park Service in a very unstable state just before the busiest time of the year.
“About whether they will get enough applicants and whether they have HR capabilities to be hit hard in such a short time,” Gadall said. “This has particularly drawn people to whether the parks that are highly visited in spring are going to be highly visited,” he said. The attention needed to provide a safe and pleasant visit experience.”
Gatel said some national parks will especially feel the pain of personnel cuts. Great Smoky Mountains, Zion, Arcadia, Joshua Tree, Gatway and Kinmen National Entertainment District, among others.
Among the affected NPS staff: Yosemite National Park's sole locksmith and a member of the Gettysburg National Military Park reservation team, left visitors who retained the on-site farmhouse that had been stuck with cancelled reservations. A park lost multiple expense staff before the busy season (etc.); an NPCA spokesman told Gizmodo that the other lost 75% of its interpretive staff and the other lost 20% of its total. Affected roles include administrative, maintenance, cultural resource personnel and toll collectors.
“There is still massive chaos at the management and employee levels, with professionals not in the cycle most of the time and no consultations in the process of the Personnel Management Office,” an NPCA spokesperson said via email. “So far, this seems to be a Xiang Luck's career is unthinkable.”
As some of the government's cabinet locations remain open, changes from forest protection to disease control (from forest protection to disease control) are taking place at a rotational speed. These NPS cuts come from the same government, whose president has historically ridiculed the mismanagement of forests, which is the cause of forest fires. With this logic, the park staff is arranged – to divide the locations of staff dedicated to keeping the park running smoothly, which could be a foolish decision. Hopefully layoffs won't affect forest rakes.
The NPCA filed a petition asking for staffing decisions to be revoked and required public signing. “We urge park enthusiasts across the country to pay deep attention to this situation with elected officials in Washington,” Gadall said. “It is crucial that Congressmen hear from the American people they represent that it is an unacceptable The situation, and our national parks can’t afford the situation of losing staff.”
The National Park Service cuts are part of a widespread employment freeze and layoffs for federally funded scientific institutions directed by the Trump administration. Bloomberg reported this week that the Department of Commerce is preparing to fire up to 500 employees at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, which has conducted basic research on everything from quantum encryption to testing genetic material for bird flu to test bird flu. Influenza-like nuclear clocks are very precise.
According to NASA Watch, NASA's trial shooting is stopping, but something may happen today or Monday (read: staff handling). Journal scienceThe National Institutes of Health has put up up to 1,200 employees, the Centers for Disease Control terminated 750 positions, while the National Science Foundation sent 168 employees to package, accounting for 10% of the foundation's workforce, the news department reported. Axios reported that NOAA and NASA are preparing for similar reductions in staff.
More than 300 million people visit national parks in the United States every year, contributing more than $55 billion to the U.S. economy in 2023. It is unclear how staffing changes will affect park visitors – until the busy season begins, it is impossible to know – but the closest to the situation says the prospects are bad.
