The Department of Government Efficiency’s cuts to the National Park Service come at a time when visits to national parks are at an all-time high, the NPS said last week.

The Trump administration laid off 1,000 probationary NPS employees last month as part of its initiative of downsizing the federal workforce to slash federal spending.

The cuts preceded the NPS’ announcement last week that it set a record 331.9 million recreational visits to the nation’s 428 national parks and historic sites in 2024, shattering the number of visits in 2023 (325.5 million) and eclipsing the previous record of 330.97 million visits set in 2016.

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