National Park Service

Secretary Doug Burgum’s order grants that DOGE official oversight over the department's consolidation process, including control over funding, policy and personnel decisions.

National Parks Week begins this weekend, kicking off with free entry to all parks on Saturday, April 19 — just weeks after mass layoffs and court-ordered reinstatements of some park workers.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum last week ordered all national parks to “remain open and accessible.” The directive comes after about 1,000 National Park Service employees were fired. In March, a federal judge ordered them – and thousands of other laid-off federal workers – to be reinstated, but the U.S. Supreme Court recently blocked that order.

The proposal would give each park superintendent the authority to decide where micromobility devices can go. Some public lands groups worry they'll be permitted in environmentally-sensitive areas.

Record numbers of visitors came to national parks last year, and many of those sites were in the Mountain West. But staffing cuts and potential reductions have some advocates worried for the future.

New polling shows widespread support for increasing or keeping funding the same for the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service. This comes on the heels of the Trump administration’s recent firings of federal park and forest employees.

About 200 people were among thousands across the country who rallied to support the nation’s parks and forests.

More than 150 gatherings took place Saturday at National Park Service sites nationwide. They were organized by a group of off-duty or former park service staff and seasonal employees.

Thousands of federal workers nationwide have been fired as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce the size of the federal workforce. The firings have largely targeted probationary workers in their first year. But many fear more cuts are coming. Wyoming Public Radio’s reporters have been working to confirm what’s happening here in the state.

The Trump administration is moving quickly to reduce the government workforce. Federal workers with connections to Wyoming speak about how they’re impacted by the layoffs.