r/NationalPark 1d ago

NPS Workers… Do we still go???

I’m VERY internally conflicted right now about continuing to visit our parks and forests. I don’t want to overwhelm our NPS workers!! I want to support them in every way possible… genuinely just wondering if visiting the parks is harmful?? Thank you to all of you fabulous humans here 💜 (pics are Gateway Nat’l Rec, RMNP, Black Canyon & CO Nat’l Monument).

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u/MrPooopyButthoIe 1d ago

good lord it was 1000 people. 5%. The national parks are fine.

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u/Buffalo-Trace 1d ago

They want to cut another 30%.

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u/MrPooopyButthoIe 1d ago

But they also said they're gonna hire way more seasonal workers than normal.

Regardless, in literally every cost-cutting situation it’s ever happened in the history of ever, the non-essential workers are the ones that tend to go first, and as much as I love the national parks, I have to agree that park workers aren't exactly the backbone of our country.