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Judge Orders That Wrongly Terminated National Park Service Employees Be Rehired

A federal judge's ruling Thursday that the National Park Service must rehire any employees who were wrongfully fired on Valentine's Day was praised by park advocates.

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By NPT Staff - March 13th, 2025

UPDATE | National Park Service Has Leadership Vacuum

Roughly a third of the National Park Service's senior leadership positions are vacant, and the Interior Department reportedly has told the agency it will not be able to fill them.

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 10th, 2025

History Revealed And Conserved At Risk Of Trump Administration Proposed Closures

Human remains, tattered mining claims, a 19th-century set of books containing the complete works of Shakespeare, and well-worn curtains that shaded the windows at Scotty's Castle in Death Valley National Park are among the millions of artifacts that National Park Service experts preserve, revive from decades of wear and disaster, and piece together so their stories can be brought to life in park museums.

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 9th, 2025

Sequoia, Kings Canyon National Parks Cancel Ranger Programs, Reduce Visitor Center Hours

The National Park Service has canceled ranger programs at Kings Canyon and Sequoia national parks until further notice, and reduced visitor center hours.

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By Compiled from NPS releases - March 7th, 2025

National Park Service Quiet About Record 2024 Visitation

There was no press release, no sparkling quote from the National Park Service's acting director, no agency public conversation about the record 331.9 million people who explored the National Park System in 2024.

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 6th, 2025

Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Federal Employee Terminations

A coalition of organizations, including the Sierra Club and the Union of Concerned Scientists, have sued the Trump administration over the firings of thousands of federal workers, arguing that it risks visitor safety and wildlife protection in national parks and forests.

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By NPT Staff - March 5th, 2025

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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By Kurt Repanshek - March 4th, 2025

Park Employees Lose Jobs Despite Excellent Performance Reviews

On the cusp of careers envisioned to last decades, fired National Park Service employees are left wondering about what might have been.

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By Lori Sonken - March 4th, 2025

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."

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 3rd, 2025

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.

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By Jonathan Jarvis - March 2nd, 2025

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