National parks will hire seasonal employees in an exception to President Trump’s hiring freeze. Delay could impact WA parks in early summer.

Three National Park Service employees have been terminated at Colonial National Historical Park and six staffers have been cut from the Outer Banks Group.

Uncertainty over National Park Service staffing and services is leading to concern in communities that rely on visitors to fuel their economies.

One of them wondered: Is this related to what is happening in Washington and, in particular, what had happened the previous day around the country? On that Friday, the Trump administration fired about 1,000 National Park Service probationary employees.

The Trump administration is restoring jobs for dozens of fired National Park Service employees and hiring nearly 3,000 additional seasonal workers, following an uproar over an aggressive plan to downsize the agency.

About half a dozen employees at each of Washington’s three national parks are believed to have been laid off as... Read Story

The employee confirms several staffers were terminated, and the park could be down dozens of workers for peak visitor season.

MOUNT RAINIER, Wash. — When Hanford McCloud looks at the towering volcano that is the namesake of Mount Rainier National Park, he thinks about the generations of his ancestors that came before them. Called Tahoma by the indigenous tribes in Western Washington, McCloud says the mountain is the “beacon” of what lives in its shadows.

Layoffs rippling through the federal government are affecting national parks and forests in Washington state, including at Mount Rainier National Park and popular trails east of Seattle. Why it matters: The staffing cuts — part of a nationwide reduction of 3,

On Tuesday, a group called 'Save Connecticut Avenue' called on the National Park Service to scrap plans to end reversible lanes on Rock Creek Parkway.