National parks can be dangerous. So Trump made a hiring freeze loophole.
The hiring freeze exemption comes after congressional Democrats and conservation groups warned that national parks could be short-staffed this summer.
National Park Service Given Permission To Hire Some Positions
The National Park Service has been given permission to hire "certain positions" previously blocked by President Trump's freeze on government hiring, though the agency didn't say which positions it can fill.
Pingree calls for lifting National Park Service hiring freeze
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree is calling on the federal government to lift a hiring freeze which is preventing the National Park Service from hiring seasonal staff.
Trump’s hiring freeze creates ‘scary time’ at National Park Service
President Donald Trump’s first two weeks in office sent shock waves through the National Park Service, a 20,000-strong agency of park rangers and desk jockeys who oversee some of the nation’s most beloved lands.
Trump-ordered hiring freeze could threaten Smokies and Parkway operations post-Helene
A federal hiring freeze has forced the National Park Service to rescind job offers for more than 2,000 seasonal and permanent positions.
Yellowstone National Park bracing for seasonal employee shortage due to hiring freeze
Thousands of seasonal jobs at national parks across the U.S. are on hold on orders from the Trump Administration, leaving park workers with more questions than answers.
How federal hiring freeze could get 'scary' for Great Smoky Mountains National Park
President Trump's hiring freeze forced national parks to rescind more than 2,000 seasonal and permanent positions.
Federal hiring freeze could compromise Blue Ridge Parkway 'basic visitor experience,' NPS superintendent says
The superintendent of the Blue Ridge Parkway said that she expects to eventually hire seasonal workers, but in the mean time the hiring freeze could impact the "basic visitor experience" along the parkway.
Federal hiring freeze to challenge National Park properties
A Trump administration hiring freeze is turning many experienced National Park, Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management seasonal workers to other industries.
National Park Service to exempt some workers from Trump hiring freeze
The hiring freeze exemption comes after congressional Democrats and conservation groups warned that national parks could be short-staffed this summer.
Trump admin exempts some NPS workers from hiring freeze
The Interior Department committed Tuesday to hiring seasonal employees for national parks, while confusion lingered within the agency about whether Trump administration moves to shrink the federal workforce will leave parks with anemic staffing levels during the busy summer season.
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Greater Yellowstone firefighters may avoid Trump hiring freeze. Rangers' futures are uncertain
Some employees in the National Park Service and other federal agencies who manage public lands in the Greater Yellowstone ...
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Senators Appeal To Interior Secretary To End Freeze On NPS Hiring
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has been urged by four U.S. senators to resolve the hiring freeze on the National Park Service ...
'Honestly terrifying': Yosemite National Park is in chaos
In addition, Yosemite Superintendent Cicely Muldoon just resigned. Worst of it all, say current and former National Park ...
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Trump exempted public safety roles from his hiring freeze. Federal firefighters, prison guards and food inspectors wonder why they don’t count.
Current and former employees say public safety agencies are still freezing hiring they claim to have exempted and liken the ...