Parks Workers Discuss Funding and Workforce Concerns with Colorado Sen. Hickenlooper

Parks workers discuss funding and workforce concerns with Colorado Sen. Hickenlooper

(COLORADO) — While in Washington, D.C., to address health care concerns, Colorado Senator John Hickenlooper held a virtual meeting with several members of Colorado's National Parks workers to speak on concerns related to the sale of public lands, continued funding cuts, firings, and hiring freezes. Opening the meeting, Hickenlooper recounted the firings and funding cuts that directly relate to our nation's national parks and public lands. Specif…

Court filing outlines additional cuts proposed at BLM, National Park Service and USGS, including about 200 in Colorado

Amid an ongoing government shutdown, the U.S. Department of Interior is planning to fire thousands of employees, including nearly 200 federal workers based in Colorado who work in land management and research. President Donald Trump’s administration outlined the plans to abolish more than 2,000 positions across the Interior Department in a document filed in federal court on Monday. A lawsuit filed by labor unions in a California district court h…

Fort Collins office among proposed Interior Department cuts

Colorado stands to lose almost 200 jobs in the U.S. Department of the Interior under plans revealed by the Trump administration Monday, including 39 positions at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Fort Collins Science Center.