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Trump administration fires 1,000 workers at National Park Service, raises maintenance concerns

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About 1,000 newly hired National Park Service employees have been fired.

The firings come amid a chaotic rollout of an aggressive program to eliminate thousands of federal jobs plan.

Park advocates say the permanent staff cuts will leave hundreds of national parks understaffed.

The park service now says it is reinstating about 5,000 seasonal jobs that were initially rescinded last month .

The freeze could slow road and bridge improvements at Yellowstone National Park , which is in the midst of a $216 million project to improve safety, access and experience on park roads.

Democratic senators denounced the job cuts, saying that if a significant number of National Park Service workers take an early retirement package offered by Trump or are terminated from their positions, “park staffing will be in chaos. Not only does this threaten the full suite of visitor services, but could close entire parks altogether.

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