Yosemite's only locksmith just got fired, raising public safety fears
- Yosemite National Park's only locksmith was fired, raising public safety concerns.
- The Grand Canyon National Park experienced longer wait times after four employees were laid off, leading to increased visitor delays.
- Democratic lawmakers criticized the job cuts as damaging, warning they could disrupt visitor services and close parks.
- The firings have decreased the National Park Service workforce by 15% since 2010, even as park visits increased by 16%.
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For its management, maintenance and attention to visitors Yosemite has just over a thousand employees.
Yosemite Locksmith: 'The People Who Fired Me Don't Know What I Do'
The Trump administration fired more than 1,000 National Park Service employees who were still in their probationary period last week—including the man with the keys to Yosemite National Park. In an Instagram post this week, Nate Vince, the park's only locksmith, said he was 48 weeks into his...
Trump job cuts could throw national parks and forests into 'staffing chaos'
The only locksmith at Yosemite National Park in California, the sole EMT ranger at neighboring Devils Postpile National Monument, an experienced sled dog musher in Alaska’s Denali National Park.
How the Trump and DOGE cuts could ruin National Parks this summer
Before he lost his job in a mass firing by the Trump administration last Friday, Nate Vince was the only locksmith for the hundreds of buildings and millions of visitors at Yosemite National Park. “Imagine a city-size place with one locksmith to all those people,” Vince says. “When there’s a car accident and an emergency medical person can’t get into a vehicle, or can’t get into their supplies they need, they would call me.” Now, with the neares…
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