The National Park Service is grappling with massive layoffs. What you should know.
They range from national memorials to national seashores. The National Park Service says they are all often referred to as parks, but only 63 have "National Park" in their name, like Great Smoky Mountains National Park. These 13 national monuments may be ‘at risk’ of losing federal protections, advocates warn
Parks Group Warns of Dismantling of the National Park Service
"Quite simply and astonishingly, this is dismantling the National Park Service as we know it, ranger by ranger and brick by brick." - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President and CEO
DOGE cuts at C&O Canal draw protests at National Park Service office
Layoffs implemented by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) at the National Park Service are drawing protests from enthusiasts of the C&O Canal.
What is the Alt National Park Service? What to know about group protesting Trump layoffs
The Alt National Park Service was established in 2017, after the real National Park Service was temporarily barred from using social media.
Protests grow across Montana as National Park Service layoffs raise concerns
Hundreds gathered at the North entrance of Yellowstone National Park Saturday afternoon to protest layoffs within the National Park Service.
A rogue ranger is documenting every National Park Service firing
Park rangers are crowdsourcing terminations and cataloging the number of National Park Service employees the Trump administration has fired across the country.
Op-Ed |The National Park Service Provides “Direct Services” To Citizens
Adding insult to injury, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memo on February 26, 2025, directing all federal agencies to submit their plans for a systematic Reduction in Force (RIF) by March 13.
Hundreds Gather at National Parks Across U.S. to Protest Job Cuts
From Acadia in Maine to Joshua Tree in Southern California, protesters turned out to stand up against what they see as threats to public lands.
Cuts to national parks and forests met with backlash as summer nears
Employees who maintained America's most wild places say they are concerned for public safety, and for wildlife.
National Park Service replies to inquiries on staffing cuts at Zion National Park
Officials with the National Park Service replied to KUTV inquiries on staffing cuts happening at Zion National Park.
National Day of Resistance and Save Our Parks Day join to support National Park Service workers
Between 80 and 90 people demonstrated at the Springfield Armory Historic Site Saturday in support of National Park Service workers who have been fired or who face layoffs.
Missing Denver man last seen in Colorado’s Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Jordan Marsters, a 31 year-old man from Denver, was last seen in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park on Feb. 13 at ...
National Park Service layoffs include employees in Williamsburg area, on Outer Banks
Three National Park Service employees have been terminated at Colonial National Historical Park and six staffers have been ...
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National Park workers in Alaska say a Trump agency fired them illegally. A judge agrees.
Eileen and James Kramer were fired from their jobs at Lake Clark National Park, even though they both recently received ...
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Reduction In Force Directions Raise Questions Of How National Park Service Will Respond
Directions from the Office of Management and Budget and Office of Personnel Management on how federal agencies should craft ...
How National Park Service layoffs could stretch some parks to their limits
More than 325 million people visited America’s national parks in 2023, according to the latest Park Service statistics.
National Park Service withdraws Black community in Louisiana from historic landmark consideration
A Louisiana landscape of centuries-old sugar cane plantations and enduring Afro-Creole culture along the Mississippi River ...
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Gustavus residents rally in solidarity with fired National Park staff
Around 40 people — many of them Glacier Bay National Park employees — turned out at the protest in downtown Gustavus on ...
When do cherry blossoms bloom in DC? National Park Service announces peak dates.
The peak bloom date is "defined as the period when 70% of the Yoshino Cherry blossoms are open," according to the National ...