Protect Public Lands, End the Park Ranger Shortage

The Trump administration has created a massive public lands staffing crisis. The National Park Service has already lost a quarter of its park rangers, with key services impacted, like search and rescue, firefighting, research, and maintenance. To make matters worse, the federal hiring freeze has made it impossible to hire non-temporary staff.

Instead of hiring more park rangers to address this emergency, the Department of the Interior – which manages agencies like the National Park Service and the Bureau of Land Management – is moving forward with mass firings and budget cuts. These staffing cuts threaten our public lands and critical public services: from wildfire response and land management to clean water protection and tribal obligations.

In response, Congressional Democrats have introduced H.R.4854, the Saving the Department of the Interior’s Workforce Act to stop the firings and protect the rangers who work to preserve America’s public lands.

Demand your legislators support legislation to end the hiring freeze and stand up for the people who protect your public lands.

Content for this call topic kindly provided by Resistance Rangers, a collective of over 1000 rangers (always off-duty), former rangers, and friends of the national parks.