Insights into morale issues within the National Park Service are contained in the latest Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, which points to concerns with leadership as well as unsustainable workloads. “We know we still have room for improvement,” Park Service Director Chuck Sams wrote in an email to the field.
Staff at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility put a harsher take on the survey results, with Executive Director Tim Whitehouse saying Tuesday that “these latest survey results are far from a vote of confidence in Park Service leadership.”