>>25489270
i was exaggerating, that is true. still, the total amount of layoffs were 4400 employees, counting both the national park service and national forest service.
there are now a total of 3 full time employees managing Yellowstone and Bozeman (4000kmˆ2) which is just disgusting.
>>25489262
our national parks are tiny compared to theirs. there are about 212000 kmˆ2 worth of national parks in the USA, which is a ton (the UK has 243000 kmˆ2).
>>25489269
i see. here's hoping it doesn't end up too bad. american national parks are fantastic. but in my opinion it's stupid to start to cut costs in such valuable, non-controversial fields when the CIA and other useless agencies get the same amount of funding (CIA gets around 3.1 billion, NSA gets 3.6 billion, NPS gets 3.6 billion) and are absolutely for a fact wasting a ton of that money.