It’s Thanksgiving Weekend, usually interpreted as a bountiful time of year when we can all sit back and be thankful. But can many who work for the National Park Service feel thankful in the wake of the staff reductions this year?
This year has been hard on the Park Service, what with the loss of roughly a quarter of the full-time workforce and questions around how the agency has long interpreted history.
But the Park Service has long struggled with its operations. Funding and staffing never seem to have met the needs of the Park Service to manage its far-flung collection of more than 400 units. We’re going to explore the funding and staffing issue of the agency today with John Garder, the senior director of budget and appropriations for the National Parks Conservation Association.
0:02 National Parks Traveler introduction
0:12 Episode Intro with Kurt Repanshek
0:50 Beyond the Reef - Tim Heintz & Grant Geissman - Seascapes: A Musical Journey
1:04 Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation
1:24 Washington National Park Foundation
1:47 Smokies Life
2:09 Friends of Acadia
2:32 NPT Promo
2:48 Episode 351 - Staffing and Funding the Park Service
17:29 Wabanaki - Nature’s Symphony - The Sounds of Acadia
17:50 NPT Promo
19:37 Episode 351 Continues
46:54 Shenandoah - Randy Petersen - The Sounds of Shenandoah
47:20 Episode Closing
47:44 Orange Tree Productions
48:17 Splitbeard Productions
48:29 National Parks Traveler footer
- By Jess Repanshek - November 30th, 2025 5:00am
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