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'A real chill': National park discovery rewrites human history
Gypsum dune fields at White Sands National Monument within the Chihuahuan Desert and the Tularosa Basin near Alamogordo, New ...
California cattle ranchers sue National Park Service to stay on the land
We felt that we were the last voice to take a position with the park to represent agriculture, pastoral agriculture, food production." ...
U.S. News & World Report15d
11 Fun Things to Do in Sequoia National Park, California
There are a series of hikes in the Giant Forest, ranging from short one-hour jaunts to daylong treks; the National Park Service lists a few on its website. Visitors recommend longer hikes ...
U.S. News & World Report16d
22 Best Things to Do in Yosemite National Park, California
U.S. News Insider Tip: Traffic is hectic in and out of Yosemite Valley. The National Park Service advises travelers to arrive before 8 a.m. to avoid hourslong delays. – Catherine Parker Unless ...
Los Angeles Times22d
1,000 park workers who were fired in DOGE cuts are reinstated
As a result of recent court orders, about 1,000 previously fired employees from the National Park Service will get their jobs back. That includes about eight workers from the Santa Monica ...
npca.org23d
Parks Group Welcomes Reinstatement of Probationary Park Staff but Warns of Ongoing National Park Staffing Crisis
“This chaotic whiplash is no way to manage the Park Service, especially as they are welcoming millions of visitors right now. This administration needs to stop playing games with the future of our ...
advnture23d
Nationwide national park protests planned as Trump administration makes ‘no moves’ to put fired staff back to work
Nationwide protests in support of sacked National Park Service workers will take place this weekend after the Trump administration appealed against judicial orders to give them back their jobs. The ...
Seattle Times23d
The staff is the heart of our national parks. Don’t decimate it
The National Park Service, which stewards 433 national park units covering some 85 million acres in each of the 50 states and five trust territories, is one of our most highly regarded federal ...
National Parks Traveler24d
National Park Service Awaiting "Further Instructions" Before Reinstating Fired Employees
The National Park Service, which has been ordered to reinstate roughly 1,000 probationary employees fired in February, told park superintendents Wednesday morning to wait until they receive further ...
The Intercept25d
Trump Fired Park Rangers — But Not the Ones Who Tend to the White House
As the Trump administration fired hundreds of probationary Park Service employees in February, it spared a special subset from the purge — it exempted from the mass firings National Park Service ...
Oregonian27d
Former National Park Service leaders warn of extended impacts from DOGE cuts
If Dan Wenk had been fired during his first year in a permanent job with the National Park Service, the agency would’ve lost his many later accomplishments. He would not have gone on to help ...
The Evening Sun28d
Gettysburg 100 Nights of Taps event relocated due to loss of park service sponsorship
The National Park Service has not yet provided further clarification on the circumstances surrounding the relocation. After nine years, the National Park Service told organizers that "due to ...