ABC News: America's Nation Parks Are In Danger Of Falling Into Disrepair

Posted • February 26, 2025: What is this new obsession with National Parks? Yes, people were fired. ProPublica told us of the epic tragedy out of Yosemite National Park, where "the sole employee with the keys and the institutional knowledge needed to rescue visitors from locked restrooms" was laid off. CBS News ran the story of a park worker who lost his "dream job" on Valentine's Day and whined about it on Facebook. Workers at Yosemite National Park hung the American flag upside down from a cliff as a "distress call" after a handful of employees were fired. Now, ABC News is warning us that national parks are in danger of falling into disrepair due to firings. —— ABC News @ABC: “America's national parks and other federal lands are in danger of falling into disrepair following the firings of thousands of federal employees by the current administration, experts said.”

"Experts said." What is the legacy media going to acknowledge that we don't fall fo the "experts said" appeal to authority? ABC News reports: “America's national parks and other federal lands are in danger of falling into disrepair following the firings of thousands of federal employees by the current administration, experts said. Federal agencies that were already strapped for resources, such as the National Parks Service and U.S. Forestry Service, will now be struggling to find workers to perform critical functions for visitors and maintenance, said Kristen Brengel, senior vice president of government affairs at the National Parks Conservation Association. … With park visitation expected to increase in the next year, fewer employees could translate to longer lines to get into parks, changes in park hours and more trash pileups at some locations.”

Visitation is expected to increase in the next year? But we've been assured by … you guessed it, ABC News, that there's an “existential crisis over race” facing National Parks, which remain “stubbornly white.” Also, minorities can't afford the cost of camping gear. We don't know why there's been such a heavy media push on DOGE layoffs at national parks. Nobody cares. (…)

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ABC News: How national parks and forests could suffer as a result of federal firings
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