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Alex Foxfield

"National Park Service employees are under attack" - former NPS directors slam decimation of services under Trump

Metal National Park Sign on Gate at entrance to Saguaro wilderness.

Veteran leaders of the National Park Service (NPS) have joined forces to voice their anger at the cuts to services and staff under the Trump administration.

The former directors and deputy directors signed a letter to Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Department of the Interior, to slam concerns about an edict that called on national parks leaders to prioritize work that delivered "the greatest benefit to the greatest number of visitors" and scale back or defer other services.

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