The number of National Park Service employees who keep more than 400 sites running is dwindling thanks to layoffs, buyouts. Here's what it could mean for visitors this year.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has been urged to reinstate positions the National Park Service lost through the Valentine's Day mass termination of federal employees, to fill the positions lost through those who opted to take the Trump administration's deferred resignation program,

Congressman Bruce Westerman said he talked with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum about employees being fired at national parks around the country, including the Buffalo National River and Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas.

The report has raised concerns about national park access and maintenance heading into the summer travel season.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is all in on President Donald Trump's mission to overhaul and downsize the federal government through his recently created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)

There was no press release, no sparkling quote from the National Park Service's acting director, no agency public conversation about the record 331.9 million people who explored the National Park System in 2024.

The Trump administration is restoring jobs for dozens of National ... and park resources, particularly as we approach peak visitation season,” they wrote to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum.

Around 1,000 employees were recently laid off for the National Park Service, which has left many residents and lawmakers concerned.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is restoring jobs for dozens of National Park Service employees ... they wrote to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. Concern about the layoffs was bipartisan.