Protect the Stewards of Our Public Lands and National Parks

Tell President Trump to Restore our National Park Service and land management staff

I value America’s unique and precious public lands for what they mean to me, and what they protect. The staff who steward those lands make America’s parks, monuments, and refugees an extraordinary and invaluable resource. I ask that you call on President Trump to stop slashing the ferderal workforce and reverse harmful staffing policies that impact land management and environmental protection. These staff are the heartbeat of public lands, national parks, national monuments, national forests, wildlife refuges, and the health of our air, water, and communities. They are essential to the special places that millions of Americans visit every year. Those visitors drive local economies and support hundreds of thousands of jobs. From guiding hikes to backcountry rescues, trail maintenance to cleaning toilets, protecting endangered species, or helping green nature-deprived communities, staff are already being asked to do more with less. Any further cuts to staffing could forever change our national parks, public lands, and communities. The recent moves by the administration are nothing short of devastating. In addition to leaving thousands of people without a paycheck, these layoffs will also hinder the implementation of key programs, impact visitor safety, stifle effective public land management, and result in the loss of critical institutional knowledge throughout our government. Our communities and our economies rely on protected public lands and environmental protections. As your constituent, I want you to do everything in your power to protect the National Park Service, Forest Service and other land management, from these egregious staffing cuts.