How DOGE cuts are jeopardizing our national parks – CBS News Watch CBS News As part of the Trump administration’s effort to shrink the size of the federal workforce, approximately 1,000 employees have been laid off by the National Park Service. In the weeks since, protests have erupted at many of the 433 units of…
Fired National Park worker can’t afford Crohn’s drug without health insurance – CBS News Watch CBS News Stacy Ramsey worked in Arkansas’ Ozark National Forest as the only permanent river ranger, saving dozens of hikers and boaters on search and rescue missions. This month, she was let go as part of the Trump administration’s federal…
When Brian Gibbs woke up on Valentine’s Day on Friday, it was just another morning of getting to do what he loved at his “dream job” as an education park ranger at Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa. By that afternoon, the father and husband said he was “absolutely heartbroken and completely devastated” to have…
Nature: Zion National Park in Utah Nature: Zion National Park in Utah 01:48 A hiker was found dead on a rocky trail at the Zion National Park on Sunday, local officials said. The 37-year-old hiker, who authorities have not identified, likely fell to his death while trekking the mile-long Canyon Overlook Trail sometime before 7…
Park rangers at Death Valley National Park in California rescued a man who got stranded in a steep and unstable gully, the National Park Service said Sunday. Two Belgian men were on a hike on Wednesday in Mosaic Canyon when they decided to split up, with one hiker on the main trail and the other…
A Japanese man became outraged after alleging that he witnessed a Chinese tourist mistreating a wild deer at a national park in Nara City, Japan. He shared a video of the incident on August 30 on his X account @hezuruy, which has since ignited a heated discussion on social media. In the video, a middle-aged…