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National Park Facilities From Alaska To Florida Targeted For Closure

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.
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Association Of National Park Rangers Voices Concerns Over Impacts To National Park Service

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has been urged to reinstate positions the National Park Service lost through the Valentine's Day mass termination of federal employees, to fill the positions lost through those who opted to take the Trump administration's deferred resignation program, and to not "decimate the world’s most prestigious National Park System."

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 their reduction-in-force (RIF) plans raise questions of how the National Park Service will go about cutting its ranks.
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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. This lands with a thud on the National Park Service after it has already had over 1,000 probationary employees fired*, an unknown number taking the deferred resignation, and a start-stop-start again on seasonal hiring.