Interior Department reveals plans to fire hundreds of National Park Service employees

Planned Trump staffing cuts loom over National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife, Land Management

Cuts to the federal agencies that manage national parks, science and public lands are expected to result in firings across the West, Southeast and Great Lakes, among other places, Trump administration plans reveal. In a court filing this week, the Interior Department said it plans to fire some 2,050 employees, including 272 at the National Park Service (NPS), 335 at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), 143 from the Fish and Wildlife Service and 47…

Interior Department outlines additional positions for potential elimination

WASHINGTON — The Interior Department plans to terminate over 2,000 employees across five government workers unions, according to a Monday court filing.

Interior Department cuts would hit BLM in Utah and major national parks, per new court filing

The Department of the Interior plans to “imminently” fire at least 2,000 employees across the agency, including hundreds of people working at the National Park Service, the agency revealed in a Monday legal filing.

Interior Department reveals plans to lay off more than 2,000 employees

The Interior Department plans to eliminate more than 2,000 positions across its headquarters, agencies and bureaus throughout the country as part of a reduction-in-force that officials say is not related to the ongoing government shutdown, but happened to coincide with it. Interior first disclosed the planned cuts Monday in a court filing as part of a union lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce the workforce during the…

More than 2,000 jobs could be cut at Interior during shutdown

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Interior Dept. to Cut 2,050 Federal Jobs

The Interior Department on Monday said it will eliminate 2,050 positions that are now paused under a court order, including hundreds of workers for the National Park Service, according to a legal filing. The document, titled "Second Supplemental Declaration of Rachel Borra," is a sworn declaration from the Interior Department in a federal court case involving unions and federal agencies. Borra, the Interior Department's chief human capital offic…