But Tim Whitehouse, executive director of the nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said a shrinking work force, at least at the National Park Service, is “not going to save the government any money.”
“It’s going to degrade our parks, demoralize people that work very hard for very little money, and make the government a hostile place to be,” he said, adding that the layoffs at the park service were cruel and appeared random. “But I think that’s the intention.”