America’s National Parks Are in Some Very Serious Trouble

America’s National Parks Are in Some Very Serious Trouble

U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum just handed the country’s public lands over to a DOGE staffer and former oil exec.

DOGE Oil Executive Put in Charge of National Park Service

America’s public lands are now under new leadership. On April 17, Secretary Doug Burgum handed control of the Department of the Interior (DOI) to Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Burgum’s order gave DOGE’s assistant secretary of policy management and budget, Tyler Hassen, authority over 400 national parks and historic sites, 500 million acres of land, treaty rights with Native American tribes, and more. Hassen’s LinkedIn p…

DOGE Is Given Even More Power Over National Parks and Historic Sites - The Reconstruction Era

DOGE has reduced staffing at the National Park Service by more than 10% over the last three months, but on Thursday Interior Secretary Doug Burgum...