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How DOGE cuts are jeopardizing our national parks, "America's best idea"

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In February , approximately 1,000 Park Service employees were laid off across the Park Service .

Jim Landahl worked as a seasonal ranger for years , until he got a promotion to a permanent posting at Grand Canyon six months ago .

Landahl 's work involved restoring habitat disturbed by the reconstruction of the park's failing Transcanyon Waterline , which provides water to lodges and other infrastructure.

It's currently unclear if and when Park Service staff might be back on the job.

National Park Service staff are worried about what's to come.

Park Service director says parks aren't partisan.

"We were hobbled to begin with, and now our kneecaps are cut off," they say.

A Pew Research Center opinion poll found that, when it comes to federal agencies, the public has the most favorable view.