The white house fired 1,000 employees from NPS this week (but is allowing 5k seasonal hires). What positions were actually terminated?
"One-thousand National Park Service staff were being fired Friday as part of the Trump administration's move to reduce the size of federal government, though the agency was told it could begin hiring 5,000 seasonal workers, according to the National Parks Conservation Association."
It looks like hiring seasonal workers is back on the menu. There was also a bill introduced a few months ago by Republican Senators with bipartisan support to rebuild the national park system and increase funding:
"Called the “America the Beautiful Act,” the bill would build upon parts of the bipartisan Great American Outdoors Act signed in 2020 under President Donald Trump, which authorized up to $6.5 billion in funding during the course of five years for the National Parks and Public Legacy Restoration Fund through fiscal year 2025. Since 2020, more than $4 billion has been committed from the fund to projects across the country."
Given the above, it seems like a lot of the doom and gloom rhetoric regarding the national parks is overly reactionary. A significant portion of GOP senators (16 / 51) are from states with large national parks; given the overwhelming support for national parks, especially in their home states, it seems likely that the budget reconciliation bill due within the month will address National Parks funding.
However, it is hard to image where 1k employees would be cut at NPS.
A quick google shows there are 20k employees, so a 1k cut would be 5%.
I'm curious, what were these 1k jobs doing that were cut? I have not found a single news site that actually outlines who was cut. I have found some vague or anecdotal information about wastewater employees, but no actual data or information. Does anyone actually know?