National Parks Traveler

UPDATE | Supreme Court Decision Could Spur “Gutting” Of National Park Service

by Cornershop Creative | July 8, 2025
Fears that a RIF was imminent spiked after the Supreme Court declined to take up whether President Donald Trump could move forward with a RIF without Congressional approval and sent the matter back down to federal court for adjudication. For more than a month the National Parks ...

National Park Service Waives More Than A Million Dollars In Fees For Yellowstone Fiber Optics

by PEER | June 18, 2025
Additionally, the Park Service “will have to spend millions to lay spurs to connect with the cable,” claims Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Yellowstone officials did not immediately respond to inquiries about PEER’s claims, which also question ...

National Parks Traveler Podcast Episode 325

by PEER | May 18, 2025
News around public lands these days seems to revolve entirely around the Trump administration. In the case of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, many of the steps the administration is taking with the operational efficiencies of the National Park Service and other land ...

Traveler’s View | Will There Be A National Park Service Director?

by PEER | May 13, 2025
Smith stepped down in the fall of 2019 under curious circumstances that led Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility to charge that Smith was given a sweetheart deal to allow Vela to return as acting NPS director. The deal allowed Smith to live in North Carolina and work from ...

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

by PEER | 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 ...
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