Trump’s hiring freeze creates ‘scary time’ at National Park Service Seasonal workers who are key to running national parks in the summer have had job offers rescinded.

Park Service yanks job offers after Trump hiring freeze The National Park Service rescinded roughly 400 job offers for seasonal positions, prompting concerns that parks could be short-staffed ...

President Donald Trump has issued a federal hiring freeze for federal civilian employees, which could affect seasonal workers at National Park Service locations.

The hiring freeze exemption comes after congressional Democrats and conservation groups warned that national parks could be short-staffed this summer.

Visitors looking forward to a trip to Great Smoky Mountains National Park this spring and summer could encounter unkempt trails, unclean bathrooms and fewer park rangers. The National Park Service ...

When 5 p.m. arrives at the Priest River Experimental Forest, it’s time to check the weather. Each day, as afternoon turns into evening, the U.S. Forest Service research staffer based at the ...

The agency is also struggling to recruit staff for front-line positions as the parks hit their busiest season.

Most agencies will now face a moratorium on hiring at least through mid-October after Trump issues his third freeze order.

By the time the hiring freeze lifts this fall, agencies will have been largely unable to hire new federal employees or fill ...

Trump extended a federal hiring freeze until Oct. 15, with exceptions for the military, immigration enforcement and national ...

President Donald Trump's Making America Beautiful Again order will change park fees and the reservation system.

President Donald Trump’s first two weeks in office sent shock waves through the National Park Service, a 20,000-strong agency of park rangers and desk jockeys who oversee some of the nation’s ...