National Parks Traveler

National Park Service Can’t Say How Many Superintendent Vacancies It Has

by National Parks Traveler | February 14, 2025
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility also has no idea how many vacancies there are. “We are still in [a lawsuit] with NPS about its 2003 staffing, rescues, and assaults. Have just filed similar requests covering 2024,” said Jeff Ruch, the organization’s Pacific director ...

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Effort To Wipe Out Civil Service Protections

by National Parks Traveler | January 28, 2025
President Trump’s move to eliminate civil service protections for a wide number of federal employees was challenged in federal court Tuesday by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which maintained the effort exceeds the president’s authority. Under the president ...

Wilderness, The Last Frontier

by National Parks Traveler | January 24, 2025
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a group that supports “current and former public employees who seek a higher standard of environmental ethics and scientific integrity within their agencies,” lists 17 “orphaned” areas in the National Park System ...

PEER Files Lawsuit To Safeguard Old Spanish National Historic Trail

by National Parks Traveler | December 15, 2024
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility filed a federal lawsuit this week arguing that the Department of Interior has failed to develop a comprehensive management plan to preserve and protect the Old Spanish National Historic Trail. According to PEER, without such a plan, the ...

House Interior Department Budget Would Further Gut NPS LE Rangers

by National Parks Traveler | August 4, 2024
PEER maintains that the NPS has all but abandoned efforts to assess its law enforcement needs. Although NPS policy requires each park to perform a Law Enforcement Needs Assessment every three years, the agency has abandoned the practice, the group said. Meanwhile, a five-year-old ...
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