National Park Rangers Grappling With Burnout

National Park Workers in Peril ✦ OnLabor

Some of America’s most beloved federal employees, National Park Services workers, are some of the thousands of workers who have been hit by the Trump Administration’s firing of federal probationary officers. These indiscriminate firings could be irreparable. Since January, the Trump Administration has aggressively culled the federal workforce, including firing over 16,000 probationary workers across federal […]

National Park Rangers Grappling With Burnout

Reports of burnout are suffering among national park rangers/NPS fileIt's not even Memorial Day, but some National Park Service rangers are saying burnout is becoming a problem."In February, we lost quite a few [probationary employees] who were eventually reinstated at the end of March. During the time they were fired, we were stretched superrrr thin dealing with spring break crowds," wrote a park ranger on a Reddit forum for rangers. "Now, even…