
The facility that houses the National Park Service's staff working on restoration of the "River of Grass" (above) at Everglades National Park is targeted for closure by the Trump administration/NPS file, Brian Call
National park headquarters facilities, visitor centers, archaeological centers, and even storage facilities for historic artifacts are among the National Park Service facilities targeted for closure by the Trump administration, according to a list provided by U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman.
Among the facilities on the list [attached below] are:
- The National Park Service Fairbanks Administrative Center.
- The National Park Service's Fairbanks Visitor Center.
- The visitor center for Little River Canyon National Preserve in Alabama.
- The headquarters building for the Buffalo National River in Arkansas, which includes the superintendent's office.
- An administrative office for used for Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot national monuments in Arizona.
- The headquarters office for the Flagstaff, Arizona, area national monuments: Wupatki, Sunset Crater Volcano, and Walnut Canyon national monuments.
- The Fort Collins, Colorado, headquarters building for the Park Service's Natural Resource Stewardship and Science Directorate, which houses roughly 100 employees.
- The Land Resources Program Office for Virgin Island National Park and park units in Puerto Rico and Florida, including Everglades and Big Cypress national parks.
- The Park Service's Southeast Archaeological Center, which is located within Florida State University.
- The South Florida Ecosystem Office for Everglades National Park, a facility that houses the Park Service's work on ecosystem restoration.
- The superintendent's office and headquarters for the War in the Pacific National Historical Park in Guam.
- One of two visitor centers at New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park.
- The Park Service's only visitor center for the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area.
- The headquarters for Niobrara National Scenic River in Nebraska.
- The headquarters for for Salinas Pueblos Mission National Monument in New Mexico.
- The superintendent's office and headquarters for El Morro and El Malpais national monuments in New Mexico.
- San Antonio Missions National Historical Park's law enforcement facility in Texas.
- The visitor center for the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park unit in Seattle, Washington.
- A storage area in Charles Town, West Virginia, for some Park Service museum collections.
“The federal government exists to serve the people—not abandon them. But [President Donald] Trump and [Elon] Musk are taking a wrecking ball to our country—slashing staff, cutting vital funding, and creating widespread chaos and economic devastation. Shuttering these physical locations goes hand in glove with [Department of Government Efficiency's] 'destroy the government' approach, and it will make their illegal cuts even more challenging to reverse," Huffman said when he released the list last week. "The economic fallout will ripple across America, hitting small towns and cities where federal offices are many communities’ only lifelines."
At the National Parks Conservation Association, President and CEO Theresa Pierno said the administration needs to block the closures before more damage is inflicted to the National Park System and National Park Service.
“It is reckless and short-sighted to shutter National Park Service offices without a careful examination of what they protect and the critical staff who work there," Pierno said Monday. "These closures will cripple the Park Service’s ability to operate parks safely and will mean millions of irreplaceable artifacts will be left vulnerable or worse, lost. Quite simply and astonishingly, this is dismantling the National Park Service as we know it, ranger by ranger and brick by brick.
“Between staff being fired or resigning under duress, the National Park Service has lost 9 percent of its staff in a matter of weeks. The park staff that remain are stretched thin. And now, the administration is making their jobs even harder. Canceling these leases and firing more than a thousand staff do nothing to make our Park Service more efficient. These moves by the administration are pushing our parks past the point of no return."