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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore and agencies

US Forest Service and National Park Service to fire thousands of workers

A sign welcoming people to the Sequoia national forest.
Critics also say that visitors to US parks could face trash, dirty bathrooms and fewer rangers to provide guidance. Photograph: Graham Whitby-Boot/Sportsphoto/Allstar

The US Forest Service is firing about 3,400 recent hires while the National Park Service is terminating about 1,000 workers under Donald Trump’s push to cut federal spending and bureaucracy, according to a report on Friday.

The terminations target employees who are in their probationary employment periods, which includes anyone hired less than a year ago, according to Reuters, and will affect sites such as the Appalachian trail, Yellowstone, the birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr and the Sequoia national forest.

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