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#nationalparks

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Miguel Afonso Caetano

DoubleSpeak: "If you ask a National Park Service ranger how the Trump administration’s cost cutting will affect your next park visit, you might get talking points instead of a straight answer.

A series of emails sent late last month to front-line staff at parks across the country provided rangers with instructions on how to describe the highly publicized staff cuts. Park leaders further instructed staff to avoid the word “fired” and not blame closures on staffing levels.

On Feb. 14, at least 1,000 park service employees were terminated as part of broad reductions to the federal workforce by the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. As a result, visitor centers have reduced hours, tours of popular attractions have been canceled, lines have spiraled, bathrooms may go uncleaned, habitat restoration has ceased and water has gone unchecked for toxic algae.

Meanwhile, rangers have been ordered to describe these cuts — or “attrition” and “workforce management actions,” according to the talking points — as “prioritizing fiscal responsibility” and “staffing to meet the evolving needs of our visitors.” They also should tell visitors the parks will continue to ensure “memorable and meaningful experiences for all.”

If asked about limited offerings, one park’s rangers were instructed to say “we are not able to address park or program-level impacts at this time.”"

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ProPublicaCurious How Trump’s Cost Cutting Could Affect Your National Park Visit? You Might Not Get a Straight Answer.
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And here is a blue sky view from the new camera at Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park (Redwood National and State Parks). Learn more at parks.ca.gov/?page_id=415 and nps.gov/media/webcam/view.htm? and nps.gov/redw/index.htm and #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #photography #landscapephotography #prairiecreek #forest #trees #redwood #california #elk Image credit National Park Service. This camera and the new camera at the Kuchel Visitor Center have been made possible thanks to a generous donation by the Redwood Parks Conservancy.

Elk Prairie (still in its spring colors) in the foreground, with a view of the redwood forest in the distance. It may occasionally be possible to see cars driving through Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park along the roadway that sits between prairie and forest. A blue sky with just a few clouds completes the image.
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Curious How Trump’s Cost Cutting Could Affect Your National Park Visit? You Might Not Get a Straight Answer.
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National Park Service staff have received talking points ordering them to describe layoffs as “workforce management actions” and to reassure visitors that changes resulting from the cuts won’t impede “memorable and meaningful experiences for all.”
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For those who are interested in park cameras, here’s another new view: Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park (Redwood National and State Parks). Learn more at parks.ca.gov/?page_id=415 and nps.gov/media/webcam/view.htm? and nps.gov/redw/index.htm and #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #photography #landscapephotography #prairiecreek #forest #trees #redwood #california #elk Image credit National Park Service

A view of Elk Prairie in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park this morning. The view includes a section of the prairie in the foreground and a section of the forest on the horizon. The black strip at the bottom of the image covers the roadway. The sky overhead is currently filled with clouds.
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