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1 week ago | frommers.com | Ruffin Prevost

Even before the establishment of Yellowstone National Park in 1872, many white explorers, government officials and business owners repeated a false and pernicious fallacy that few Native Americans frequented the area. They wrongly alleged that Natives traditionally avoided the region around what is now the world’s first national park out of a “fear of evil spirits” connected to geysers and other geothermal features.

2 weeks ago | jp.reuters.com | Steve Gorman |Tim Reid |Ruffin Prevost

６月８日、 米カリフォルニア州のヨセミテ国立公園は最も長い歴史を持つ米国立公園の一つとして人気が高いが、今シーズンは人手が足りないため科学者を含めたほぼ全職員が交代でキャンプ場のトイレを掃除している。写真は３月、カリフォルニア州のヨセミテ国立公園で、職員削減に抗議する人々（２０２５年 ロいたー/Nathan Frandino） ［コーディ（米ワイオミング州） ８日 ロイター］ - 米カリフォルニア州のヨセミテ国立公園は最も長い歴史を持つ米国立公園の一つとして人気が高いが、今シーズンは人手が足りないため科学者を含めたほぼ全職員が交代でキャンプ場のトイレを掃除している。 水文学者や外来種の専門家も、通常ならば低賃金の季節労働者や下級職員が担当する入園者の手続きに当たるため、入園口に配置されている。 トランプ米大統領と、今やたもとを分かった実業家のイーロン・マスク氏が率いていた政府効率省（ＤＯＧＥ）による連邦政府職員の削減を受け、長年にわたって予算と職員の不足に悩まされてきた全米の国立公園の深刻な人手不足に拍車がかかったためだ。...

2 weeks ago | reuters.com | Steve Gorman |Tim Reid |Ruffin Prevost

Trump directives hobbling parks as visitation climbs, critics say Yosemite scientists diverted to campground toilet cleanup duty Parks watchdog group warns thin workforce puts tourists at risk CODY, Wyoming, June 8 (Reuters) - At Yosemite National Park in California, one of the oldest and most popular U.S. natural preserves, the workforce is stretched so thin this season that nearly all staffers, even scientists, are required to take turns cleaning campground toilets, according to two people...

1 month ago | wral.com | Ruffin Prevost

If your summer vacation plans include exploring sandstone canyons, watching wildlife or gawking at geothermal wonders, this may not be the year to do so at a national park. National Park Service staffing cuts have created uncertainty at many of the most popular destinations, including Zion, Great Smoky Mountains and Yellowstone. That is likely to mean long waits, big crowds and unexpected closures.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Ruffin Prevost

With popular destinations like Yellowstone and Zion hit hard by staffing cuts, nearby state parks offer beauty and majesty with far less uncertainty. If your summer vacation plans include exploring sandstone canyons, watching wildlife or gawking at geothermal wonders, this may not be the year to do so at a national park. National Park Service staffing cuts have created uncertainty at many of the most popular destinations, including Zion, Great Smoky Mountains and Yellowstone.