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Say Bye-Bye to National Park Sites...unless

At first, seasonal NPS (majority of staff) were told they were exempted from the hiring freeze but none had been hired, FLETC was canceled, tourist season is about to start, the new Secretary of DOI is "reclaiming" monuments for energy,

and thousands of current NPS (and other land management) staff are being fired by the day.
More senators are contacting the Secretary of Interior to save NPS. The Executive Order "Implementing DOGE" only included law enforcement. Parks will still be partially closed as LE rangers will be spread thin trying to protect the parks while tending to visitors and facilities. News articles claim they will allow only 5,000 of the 7,500 seasonals originally needed, current candidates will be canceled, and chaos will ensue without the seasoned staff. All NPS staff need to be reinstated.

Rangers and nature-lovers alike, are you ready to put your boots on the ground?

Write and call your federal senators
and representatives + local representatives.

Write anonymously.
Write and call the Secretary of Interior, Doug Burgum.

Speak it as a group.

Speak loudly in the news (find reporters on Reddit).

Speak loudly with your friends and family.

Time to get selfish about our selfless work.

Oh and, don't panic.

Choose your cause!

Updates

Library

3/9/25

Administration making moves at all angles to target federal lands in west

3/6/25

They are actively selling our national parks and buildings

3/2/25

Fired from National Park Service, rangers still speak for the trees

2/26/25

Ranger on "probation" rehired after advocating for herself

2/23/25

Saved our forest, low salary, dedicated work… illegally fired

2/23/25

Yosemite Flag Upside-Down

2/23/25

Science In The National Park System Taking A Hit From Employee Firings

2/23/25

National parks and forests now reviewed for mining and oil drilling

2/22/25

National Parks cutting hours, limiting services as Trump layoffs reduce staffing

2/21/25

Former Superintendent Jeff Mow on effects of firings on GNP

2/21/25

USFS permanent employees rehired in Helene impacted Region 8

2/21/25

EPA asks to miss key California deadline, blames ‘budget and staffing’

2/20/25

What Trump’s executive order to gut the Presidio Trust means for the national park

2/20/25

Trump Quietly Plans To Liquidate Public Lands To Finance His Sovereign Wealth Fund

2/20/25

How National Park Service layoffs could stretch some parks to their limits

2/20/25

Raygun teams up Brian Gibbs, fired National Park ranger from Iowa, to design new T-shirts

2/18/25

Trump Fires 1,000 National Park Workers, Raising Operational Concerns

2/17/25

Federal budget cuts are impacting national parks. Here are 5 ways you can help

2/16/25

Fired Over Group Chat — Musk (and Trump) Takes Axe to BLM

2/15/25

Another Park Ranger Fired

2/15/25

A National Park Guide Was Flying Home From a Work Trip. She Was Fired Midair

2/14/25

Statement on Burgum-Musk Firings Across Interior Department

2/14/25

Father and park ranger fired on V-Day + cannot access files

2/14/25

Wrangell Cooperative Association organizes walk this evening for Tongass National Forest

2/13/25

'Honestly terrifying': Yosemite National Park is in chaos

2/12/25

The situation summed up and what you can do

2/12/25

National Park Service to exempt certain officials from Trump federal hiring freeze

2/11/25

Yosemite Reservations in Limbo as Officials Await Trump Approval

2/11/25

DOGE Alaska wants to sniff out government waste à la Elon Musk

2/11/25

New (2/11) EO Seems like it could have a major impact on park staffing

2/11/25

National parks can be dangerous. So Trump made a hiring freeze loophole.

2/10/25

Trump exempted public safety roles ... Federal firefighters ... wonder why they don’t count.

2/10/25

Senators to Burgum: Hiring freeze will cause ‘chaos’ at national parks

2/8/25

Trump’s federal hiring freeze halts onboarding of federal firefighting crews ahead of wildfire season

2/7/25

Trump Guts EPA’s Environmental Justice Office, Putting Poorest Communities of Color at More Risk

2/7/25

Union urges Yellowstone, Teton park rangers to reject Trump's extended resignation offer

2/7/25

Alaska Legislature asks Trump to retain Denali’s name instead of change it to Mount McKinley

2/7/25

Mysterious land purchases within Joshua Tree National Park worry locals, environmentalists

2/7/25

Supreme Court rebuffs Trump admin bids to pause EPA cases

2/7/25

U.S. senators issue dire warning for national parks

2/7/25

These 13 national monuments may be ‘at risk’ of losing federal protections, advocates warn

2/6/25

National Monuments Under Threat From Mining Under New Executive Order

2/6/25

What U.S. President Trump’s initial executive orders could mean for animals

2/6/25

NM Wild condemns federal order to review National Monuments’ exemption from mining, oil and gas

2/5/25

Trump’s federal hiring freeze could have a ‘disastrous’ impact on national parks in summer

2/5/25

Trump administration considers redrawing Bears Ears, Grand Staircase boundaries yet again

2/5/25

Doug Burgum comes out swinging

2/4/25

Parks Group Responds to New Order Threatening National Monuments

2/4/25

Trump administration will consider redrawing boundaries of national monuments as part of energy push

2/4/25

Center for Western Priorities responds to ordered national monument review

2/4/25

How the New Administration’s Actions Will Affect National Parks

2/3/25

How could a federal hiring freeze affect the National Park Service?

2/3/25

Trump’s under-the-radar Alaska order has environmentalists on edge

2/2/25

Elon Musk’s DOGE Sowing Chaos In National Park Service

1/31/25

Federal websites scrubbed as Trump officials target ‘gender ideology’

1/31/25

Fate of seasonal Yellowstone, Glacier, Grand Teton workers uncertain amid Trump's orders

1/30/25

Senate confirms Doug Burgum as interior secretary after Trump tasked him to boost drilling

1/30/25

Federal hiring freeze to challenge National Park properties

1/30/25

Senate confirms Doug Burgum as interior secretary after Trump tasked him to boost drilling

1/29/25

Trump’s Order to Pause Federal Grants Causes Chaos in the Conservation World

1/28/25

Op-Ed | Trump’s Assault On Alaskan Wildlands

1/24/25

Trump executive order puts dozens of clean energy projects in rural Alaska in limbo

1/23/25

Five Ways President Trump’s Executive Orders Could Harm National Parks

1/22/25

Gov. Dunleavy and administration officials applaud Trump’s Alaska policies

1/21/25

Trump signs order 'unleashing' Alaska's resources

1/20/25

Earth Justice Statement: Day One Agenda from the Trump Administration Prioritizes Extractive Industries Above All Else in Alaska

1/16/25

8 Ways Special Interests Are Asking President-Elect Trump To Sell Out U.S. Public Lands

1/16/25

25 Dems Vote to Confirm Trump's Interior Secretary, Who Conservationists Warn Endangers the Planet

1/13/25

Quarry Exhibit Hall will temporarily close in Fall 2025 for road, sidewalk, and parking lot work

12/1/24

What are Donald Trump’s plans for national parks funding in 2025?

11/11/24

Environmental groups prepare for a pro-industry, pro-extraction Trump administration

9/9/24

Dinosaur National Monument Providing Substantial Boost to Local Economy

3/24/21

Bureau of Land Management Moves Forward Oil Drilling Plan by Dinosaur National Monument

12/21/17

2017 in Review: The Trump Administration’s 10 Worst Actions for Parks

5/5/17

National Park Sites Added to the Chopping Block with Interior Department Announcement

2/19/25

Executive Order: Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy

2/18/25

Executive Order: Ensuring Accountability for all Agencies

2/11/25

Executive Order: Implementing the President's "DOGE" Workforce Optimization Initiative

2/10/25

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

2/10/25

The surprising alliance shaping the fate of America’s 90,000 dams

2/10/25

Native News Online

2/10/25

The Coalition to Protect America's National Parks

2/3/25

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Orders Plan for a United States Sovereign Wealth Fund

2/3/25

Secretary Doug Burgum Signs First Round of Secretary's Orders to Unleash American Energy

2/3/25

Secretary Order: Unleashing American Energy

1/24/25

Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential (Trump EO Tracker)

1/22/25

Governor Dunleavy and State Leaders Describe Benefits of President Trump’s Executive Actions for Alaskans

1/21/25

President Trump Unleashes Alaska’s Economy in Single, Sweeping Executive Order

1/20/25

President Trump Unleashes Alaska’s Economy in Single, Sweeping Executive Order

1/20/25

Office of Personnel Management Memo Hiring Freeze

1/20/25

Executive Order: Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential

1/20/25

Executive Order: Hiring Freeze

10/2/19

A Reminder About Rehire in the NPS

5/26/18

Changes to Temporary Seasonal Hiring

10/31/02

Difference Between a National Park and Monument

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