Heartbreaking news… Tonight, many of our friends were let go, and tomorrow, even more will follow. Word is that all probationary employees at NPS will be let go. 😭
Comments
Log in with your Bluesky account to leave a comment
Please let us know if there are any go-fund-me's you can direct us to supporting impacted individuals if safe to share. Thank you all so much for everything you are doing and having our back; now we need to have yours!
When people will come visit our parks and there will be fewer tours, fewer rangers interacting and sharing knowledge and insights, longer lines, overflowing trash cans, we might see the consequences of our actions.
We will see the consequences. I suspect the parks will see really large numbers of visitors seeking some sanity in nature. But, we know what happens when large numbers of frustrated, entitled Americans converge in environmentally sensitive areas like our national parks. And, without rangers...
So many of us really cared about the work, what was heartbreaking is few people in power cared about the work… I left in November and I know it was the right decision even though it hurt so many
My friend called me crying tonight because he was just let go from his federal job doing conservation work that he’s done his whole adult life! He now doesn’t know how he’ll support his family or pay his mortgage going forward.
This so called man could LITERALLY FUCK UP A WET DREAM !!!!! ....
On a serious note, I am sorry, believe that something better is coming your way, just try okay. 🤗 Hugs... Goodnight.
I’m so sorry to hear this. As a federal employee that values time in nature, it’s heartbreaking. Park staff are vital to keeping our parks safe and clean as well as hold so much valuable information. We are with you ❤️
Looks like we are going to have to post groups in every freaking National Park, chained to trees, boulders, buildings to stop them from turning our beautiful protected lands into oil fields.
I have lived in the Permian Basin most of my life. It went from mesquite and scrub brush too white dirt roads leading to black tanks of oil & a token toxic flare.!
But hey, it's ok, Elons building a Spaceship complete with Cpt. Kirk & Spock to take them to the next planet to destroy!!
The knowledge that they want to eliminate National Parks as a concept so they can sell that pristine land to MAGA billionaires to mine and frak is infuriating.
"Let go" is a con because it creates the illusion that the person wanted to "go" in the first place. At least "sacked" (or, legally "dismissed") tells the truth.
Teddy Roosevelt said that "these lands are protected forever" meaning the National Parks.
I know d@mn well he didn't say, "these lands will be protected until some d0u€hb@g decides to drill for oil here for short-term monetary gain." Parks belong to the citizens, not the administration.
So’s the ‘Deferred Resignation Plan’ put out by The South African and his Bully Boys; mark my words, the 75k employees that took it will find themselves cut adrift before the snow melts…
Oh, no. That can actually be stopped with a court order. These amorphous policy initiatives are hard to face down, but something like oil drilling in a National Park is a whole different thing.
We're suffering over here at the FS too. Lost an estimated 10% of our workforce. Very sorry it happened to y'all too. Stay strong and be there for each other. At the end of the day, all that matters is the people you can make eye contact with.
Unfortunately, I know people who are taking this in stride and believe in the 🍊man and his court. They believe he is there for them and will help their families. This is still shocking and disappointing to me. There's no reasoning with them. I've distanced myself from these family and friends.
I hope for, and expect, public outrage over what is happening to the NPS. Maybe it won't peak until summer, but, who doesn't love our national parks and monuments (besides d.j.t. and friends)?
I wish people loved the USFS and BLM as much. I am outraged.
May the pit toilets overflow in protest!
I live on Hatteras Island. Our whole island is a National Park. This is going to destroy the economy here and these idiots voted for it. I feel for all the wonderful Cape Hatteras NP folks here. They do wonderful work.
I hope we can find a way to support and fight for reinstatement. @democracyforward.org
@aflcio.org @aclu.org I hope they can find recourse. Of all the federal employees, National Parks have to be the most beloved. Heartbroken and furious at this injustice.
I’m very sorry!💔
The election went sideways, & it’s almost certain that the vote was hacked. But to be honest, he is even worse than I thought, & I read Project 2025! I didn’t take into account him letting Musk lose on the country!🔥
Cmon man let’s not wallow in filth like maga scum. Sad truth is so many of our citizens are fkin imbeciles. And about 40% cant be bothered to show up because they think nothing will affect them.
Due to how atomized our election infrastructure is, widespread voter fraud is practically impossible. If there was voter fraud that influenced the outcome of the election, we would know about it. The sad truth is many Americans wanted authoritarianism, and we can't just plug our ears and deny that.
👍but hey its always easier to engage in loonie far fetched theories than look in the mirror.By any rational, objective account GOP has been unelectable ever since Reagan days when societal compact was broken.But racism,xenophobia,misogyny etc are more important to a lot of idiots than having to eat.
Interesting..
So you don’t think, that all that trump & the MAGAts represent, they would never stoop to actually employ the resources of Musk, who had spent upward of $290 billion to elect trump?? You think that is a far fetched conspiracy theory?
Nearly 750,000 white men lost their lives in the Civil War, with countless others left injured or financially devastated, fighting for the Confederacy despite never owning slaves. Why? Because they derived a psychological and pathological benefit from racism, valuing it more than their own lives.
The speed that Elon & the 4-5 computer hackers are breaking into the computers & taking information is telling. What most ppl don’t understand is we’re watching what they want us to see. You only need to break into any comp sys remotely. These guys are very skilled. The voting machines were easy.
Probably, I think he would have won anyway. I could be wrong. I have no way of knowing but I’m in Pennsylvania (swing state) and he has way more support here than I want to see.
Geez, I’m so sorry. I know those are “dream jobs” for the people that hold them. And my guess is, as lovers of the natural world, most of them didn’t vote for this. That’s a huge problem for FAFO, it doesn’t recognize political party.
No, the vote wasn't hacked. This is what the majority of voters voted for. We can't even blame the outdated Electoral College for this mess. MAGA is a cult, which has infected the Republican party. Not enough people voted for Kamala Harris, largely due to misogynism and racism.
Remember, ppl were complaining, that they checked their vote on line & it disappeared? Hacking can do that. & many ppl didn’t even check, so maybe the vote of all those ppl who ‘didn’t show up’ were just deleted.
Lots of possibilities, hacking is big business nowadays!
I’m not blaming the EC or MAGA
Sorry for all of the people going through the trauma of being fired for no reason and so abruptly! How do we stop them from ruining our entire government??
They want to hunt the national parks!! They already made it okay to hunt and kill 80% of Bears and wolves in Alaska! Even when they are hibernating. Dreadful! Destroying this planet quickly
Baiting bears by placing a dead deer or moose is something the rich have done to insure a trophy. I'm 2 generations out from having to clean and gut my dinner, so I have no problem with food hunts.
I, Say We Hunt Them. Let these Satanic Snakes out of their cages into the Wild & We the People Hunt them.. & then it's up to said Individual what the consequences will be upon the capture. 😉
I don't make the rules, I'm just following them. I'm all about giving these cuddly bears all the arms. Also, putting armor on bears, letting them loose at the top floor, with a pound of powder. We saw the movie. Let's mix it up and see what happens. How do billionaires CEOs taste? All bear in mind.
Have dismissed members join the Nat Park Service "Shadow Volunteers." They should organize their own activism around Nat Park Service working on documenting whatever corrupt or damaging actions the admin takes, educating public, communicating, organizing. Every Fed agency needs Shadow Volunteers.
An old family friend just got let go today, federally employed archaeologist. He'd been getting the buyout emails but didn't take it so he got let go. Not sure what he's going to do now
This is so sad! I hate all of this! 🤬 I’m guessing Trump and Musk has a plan to offset these fired employees with the immigrant workers jobs since they are doing mass deportations!
That’s their plan and why republicans sit back! They are incapable of governing so they must control! Once we defeat this atrocity the Republican must be destroyed!
Totally agree it is all part of taking full control. If it actually takes hold, I see nothing stopping them from abolishing Congress. I hope we can defeat them, but I'm not sure we can without the military stepping in. If he can control them, then I don't see a good outcome.
I mentioned the military. Alt National Parks didn't go that far. There is no doubt that there is no way we can win if the military bows to trump versus the Constitution. Even if parts of the military stands to protect the Constitution, it may not include all. There is your civil war.
And Republicans in Congress quietly sit back on their hands. The cowards have capitulated to Mush and the felon! They hope they end with some scraps while the rest of struggle to survive!
These workers aren’t just blue. There are just as many red. Have they even considered the fact that these people they are firing fucking VOTE? Are they so sure in the idea of no more elections that they don’t even consider the next vote? I sure as hell wouldn’t vote for someone who fired me.
It's interesting you think that there will be a "fair" election next time.
It'll be either a war started so he can claim some archaic legal bullshit about stopping elections, or he'll simply gerrymander more of the counties. Or stack the counting of votes with MAGA 🧟.
I think it’s about voter suppression. There is a bill in the House that would make it hard for people who have changed their names, such as in marriage, to register to vote. And of course the red states do everything they can to keep POC from voting. Support voter registration!
I think you've had your last fair election in the US for many years. It's the Russia scenario now. Vance has just aligned himself and the US with Russia over former allies in Europe.
Please call their local offices too or the 202 switchboard. Have heard that calls get tracked and perhaps get more attention. Any action is good though!!
I'm unsure. Maybe I should just stay on "Bad Bill Watch" (look for dubious bills in the news) and shorten the messages from 300 words to 100. (e.g., "[...] I ask [...] to oppose Project 2025 and HRexample. Thank you for your consideration.")
The last protector of america’s nature is being gutted.
It’s just oil all the way down.
No more fishing, game-hunting, trapping, birding and bird-hunting. No more bee keeping to make a few bucks.
In order to frame and discuss this topic it would be good to know all the facts. Yes it horrible what is happening, but why were most folks on probation and what benefits were they receiving? No argument is pure but I need to know how to shape the narrative
Most jobs have what is known as a “probationary period.” This ranges anywhere from a few weeks up to a year, depending on the company. Largely just a period of time where you’re under review to see if you’re right for the job. This extremely common practice also happens at Federal level.
Ahhh right, thank you. I was mistakenly thinking it was people placed on probation and forgot about the “newbies”. This is all so messed up and hard to keep up on it all.
Not just “newbies” in this case. New positions/transfers and promotions for existing employees can also have probationary periods. Part of the messaging issue is the gov’ment’s love of acronyms and truncated phrases. They just shorten “in a probationary period” to “on probation.”
The right has always had “good” message framing, similar to what was outlined in Mein Kampf. You outlined perfectly how they are doing it, thanks again
Yes, but this also includes employees who have been with the NPS for YEARS and have been promoted or moved to a new position. This is going to cause the firing of career employees, not just new employees (which also is a tragedy).
I can’t wait to remind my FIL who is a Trump supporter when he sees Trump selling off parks he loves to visit to developers to build on. Our very own BWCA is under threat for mining.
I will fight when they come after Boundary Waters. My kids all live spread out throughout US and will all come home. Not sure we can stop it but determined to try
Absolutely heartbreaking. This Canadian has camped and hiked in alot of your National Parks and the folks that work for NPS are amazing. Your whole country needs to rise up against this tyranny.
Horrible news & so awful for these employees & our country. All of this is being done to line musk's pockets and trumps! It's absolutely criminal and I wish somebody in power would do something about it.
The park service should close all popular spots and only staff the more remote ones. Especially close everything around DC. The mall, great falls, any of the places schools take field trips to. Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Acadia, Gettysburg closed.
Hi, this is [FIRST & LAST NAME], a constituent from [CITY, ZIP].
I’m calling to express my outrage over how Project 2025 and Elon Musk’s DOGE are ruining the nation. I ask that Senator/Representative [SURNAME], if [he/she]
Would they have the power to do so in this situation? At least for long? If so yes they absolutely should. Esp to prevent fires and issues to happen they don’t have the manpower to deal with.
This is absolutely the best way to make it register for people. Any resources left, any staff left, should be focused solely on preservation, not on tourism. Make them cancel their vacation plans.
It’s not Don. He’s sidelined. He’s just a figurehead. He’s not working, just doing fluff stuff. The deal was that Elmo would run the government. T is scared of him. And he hardly understands what’s going on.
I am so very sorry. Their incompetence, cruelty and recklessness are unbounded. In spite of the heart break, please continue to help us to resist this "Project" to destroy our nation.
Have planned a trip to Glacier and Yellowstone in Sept, that should prove interesting.. have to wonder how these American jewels will function this summer...
It is becoming more and more obvious that KKKing DonOld and Prince Elmo do not have the slightest idea what the Gov't does...
That’s what I believe also, they want to clear cut the forest and then he’s probably going to mine or drill or both and develop real estate in areas that are not accessible to tap into resources
They have studied Nazi Germany well. They know they can systematically remove humans from the planet by demoralizing and destabilizing them, throwing them into crisis, and normalizing subversion.
Which is why I call on the elected officials, & Military who have sworn an oath to DEFEND the country and remove them all, reinstate the illegally fired staff, and restore order, while arresting those criminals. We wouldn’t listen to criminals talking nonsense in the streets, so why listen to them?
It's time for us to make our voices heard. If you are working use your lunch hour to support protesters. If you see them when out driving honk your horn or better yet pull over and join us.
We're little ATM machines. They want us to work crappy jobs that don't pay enough for us to enjoy ourselves and have no protections. They want to be able to fire us for no reason, let us die, or end up in jail as slave labor.
They don't want to remove us, they need us for cheap labor.
@altnps.bsky.social
What’s up with NPS removing the T and Q from the NPS page about the Stonewall Memorial??
Do not comply with the MAGA Regime’s attempt to erase transgender and queer people from history!
I think we should all stop purchasing anything that isn’t absolutely necessary. Corporations need to fear the consequences of not putting country over $$$. They want tax cuts, well no profits equal big tax cuts.
How do we protest this? It's for land development and drilling!
I'll search but if someone can post something or dm me I want to be part of a large group
THE GREAT AND POWERFUL MUSK... SORRY, TRUMP... THE GREAT AND POWERFUL TRUMP... has decreed that all forests shall be chopped down to make way for Cybertruck factories, meaning there will be no need for Park Rangers, allowing for the purchase of even more Cybertrucks.
I hate this.
We are a joke of a country. All in a few weeks.
Watching good people suffer and struggle just to fill the coffers of men who are already rich.
Stealing in broad daylight.
Yup stomping on all the people and their rights. Eliminating jobs and destroying families means of survival. They are trying to wipe us ALL out!!! And they have just begun.
As a retired child psych RN, this is insanity. RFK knows nothing about child psychiatry and is the last person to give correct information on psychotropics. He was a drug user not educator or researcher.This will be devastating to children with mental health issues.
They did warn us,,2025 was out in the open. Problem is very few ppl believed it was possible. The proof was there. It started way before Felon Trump but he was the willing traitor with all the qualities needed to bring democracy down. Stalin & Hitler were Putins inspiration, Putin is 🤡Trumps
I would never leave my country cause this is my home and I will continue to fight for it but damn setting up an apartment in Canada sounds pretty nice rn.
Him and Musk. “Trusk”. They benefit.
The money siphons to them.
It isn’t a moral stand against science or even Trans- they use that anger to control. it is getting his faithful in positions of power so they do what they are told.
I am so sorry to hear that. The helplessness that most of us are feeling is crazy. I would love to channel that for something but I don’t know what yet.
The world is full of good people who want to do good work. Help each other improve their lives and their world and their communities. I would rather die than work to make more money for pure evil oligarchs. All the people that just lost their jobs unjustly will continue doing good work
I’d like to gather smart people who want to make a change in a chat to share ideas and such. I made a channel in telegram of all places-because it’s the only place I could find that this regime can’t get into (yet)
Now I’m just trying to convince people to actually join it. https://t.me/proj2029
If you know of another platform online that’s encrypted, isn’t literally owned by one of the oligarchs, and isn’t letting whoever asks access their data (yet), seriously, please let me know. There’s a reason it’s used by those who use it. May as well use their tactics to our benefit.
The reality we now find ourselves in means that the possibility of being prosecuted even for hypothetical dissent against the government is not a farfetched paranoia anymore. These people have immense, unchecked power & billions on the line, don’t underestimate what they’d do to keep it.
Comments
🫂☮️💙🍀💙🤞🙏🏼
How can we fight back?
Trump ruins everything.
Fuck everyone who has anything to do with this!
On a serious note, I am sorry, believe that something better is coming your way, just try okay. 🤗 Hugs... Goodnight.
But hey, it's ok, Elons building a Spaceship complete with Cpt. Kirk & Spock to take them to the next planet to destroy!!
Avarice blinds people to the empathy needed in this world. Basic necessities of the masses have no value to the greedy.
"Here's a sack to put your stuff in, now get the hell out of my workplace."
Modern equivalent should be 'boxed' perhaps.
I know d@mn well he didn't say, "these lands will be protected until some d0u€hb@g decides to drill for oil here for short-term monetary gain." Parks belong to the citizens, not the administration.
Kathleen Sgamma goes from a lobbying group to no need for lobbying, will hand out goodies to all her friends
https://bsky.app/profile/pukite.com/post/3li4zntk37c2k
And want to hear something awful? The letters say it’s for “performance.” 😡
Want to hear something else horrible? Turns out they weren’t eligible for the DRP.
The US will suffer for not having these amazing employees
Much love
I wish people loved the USFS and BLM as much. I am outraged.
May the pit toilets overflow in protest!
Spent several vacations in OBX. Loved it.
Hint:
Don't climb the lighthouses. Those steps aren't made for normal people 😕
Took a lot of photos from up top. Maybe I'll post some.
https://www.sfgate.com/california-parks/article/yosemite-national-park-in-chaos-20163260.php?utm_content=cta&sid=6187cf3e74a3ad0b5b5c19ae&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=briefing&utm_campaign=sfgt%20%7C%20california%20parklands&stn=nf
@aflcio.org @aclu.org I hope they can find recourse. Of all the federal employees, National Parks have to be the most beloved. Heartbroken and furious at this injustice.
The election went sideways, & it’s almost certain that the vote was hacked. But to be honest, he is even worse than I thought, & I read Project 2025! I didn’t take into account him letting Musk lose on the country!🔥
1. https://youtu.be/WOQ-GxJyJN4?si=RP4zZR1UZJXRPrT0
2.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-151721941
So you don’t think, that all that trump & the MAGAts represent, they would never stoop to actually employ the resources of Musk, who had spent upward of $290 billion to elect trump?? You think that is a far fetched conspiracy theory?
Lots of possibilities, hacking is big business nowadays!
I’m not blaming the EC or MAGA
It'll be either a war started so he can claim some archaic legal bullshit about stopping elections, or he'll simply gerrymander more of the counties. Or stack the counting of votes with MAGA 🧟.
That is the solution
Everyone's just too scared for their own skin to do it. But, they can't jail all of us
I will now write my reps.
https://bsky.app/profile/porcelainteacup04.bsky.social/post/3li665y7tmc22
It’s just oil all the way down.
No more fishing, game-hunting, trapping, birding and bird-hunting. No more bee keeping to make a few bucks.
All of this is pretty terrible, and none of these people should have been fired.
Rub it in his face a trillion times.
Twice a day
Hi, this is [FIRST & LAST NAME], a constituent from [CITY, ZIP].
I’m calling to express my outrage over how Project 2025 and Elon Musk’s DOGE are ruining the nation. I ask that Senator/Representative [SURNAME], if [he/she]
[SELECT: 1 - 3]
— Protecting our precious National Parks from destructive policies and illegal firings.
— Maximizing preservation instead of tourism.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
[IF LEAVING VOICEMAIL: Please leave your FULL STREET ADDRESS to ensure your call is tallied.]
-
#solution #fascism
Muskrats are cute
What a sad euphemism
It is becoming more and more obvious that KKKing DonOld and Prince Elmo do not have the slightest idea what the Gov't does...
Read project 2025, it tells you their plans. Look for how you can undermine or sabotage it.
They have studied Nazi Germany well. They know they can systematically remove humans from the planet by demoralizing and destabilizing them, throwing them into crisis, and normalizing subversion.
We are nothing but pests to them.
Value yourself.
It's the only way we survive.
#Hopecore
🙏❤️🔥🙏
Fight nazis.
Protect your Peace.
🦋🙏🦋
They don't want to remove us, they need us for cheap labor.
Love yourself.
Love humans.
Fight nazis.
🙏❤️🔥🙏
My fellow federal employees… every night when you’re done for the day set up an automated email reply. It doesn’t have to be nasty…
“I’m currently out of the office and will return (tomorrow).”
The thousands of replies Musk will have to wade through each day should be fun to imagine!
What’s up with NPS removing the T and Q from the NPS page about the Stonewall Memorial??
Do not comply with the MAGA Regime’s attempt to erase transgender and queer people from history!
💔
Spread the word
I'll search but if someone can post something or dm me I want to be part of a large group
So it is said, etc.
We are a joke of a country. All in a few weeks.
Watching good people suffer and struggle just to fill the coffers of men who are already rich.
Stealing in broad daylight.
https://bsky.app/profile/marisakabas.bsky.social/post/3li3vkylxtc26
Apparently he's only against these things for OTHER people.
The money siphons to them.
It isn’t a moral stand against science or even Trans- they use that anger to control. it is getting his faithful in positions of power so they do what they are told.
See https://jointhepeoplesunion.com/
Thu Feb 27th 23:59 to 23:59 Fri 28th
Do not make any purchases
Do not shop online, or in-store
No Amazon, No Walmart, No Best Buy
No Fast Food, No Fuel, No Major Retailers
Do not use Credit or Debit Cards for non essential spending
Now I’m just trying to convince people to actually join it. https://t.me/proj2029
Protesting the 🍊 and his criminal coup must intensify ‼️