Summary

The Trump administration’s recent mass layoffs of national park and forest staff have sparked outrage as services deteriorate and safety concerns grow.

Around 1,000 National Park Service employees (5%) and 3,400 Forest Service workers (10%) were terminated on February 14, causing long entrance lines, trail closures, and reduced visitor services.

Former employees like wilderness ranger Kate White worry about visitor safety and ecological damage at popular destinations.

Conservation work for endangered species has halted, and wildfire response capabilities are threatened. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum defended the cuts as deficit reduction, while critics call for policy reversal.

  • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org
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    2 days ago

    Morons order a turd sandwich then complain that it tastes of feces…

    The appropriate time to be outraged was before the election, not after. Now eat up!

    • Verdant Banana@lemmy.world
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      issue is the rigged elections

      no matter what the checkwriters win in this rigged game that always pays the house

      blaming your fellow sick, underpaid, underfunded education systemed citizens for the destruction of the 1% only helps your jailers