Government shakeup hits National Park Service
Park rangers speak to visitors at the West Glacier entrance to Glacier National Park on Friday, June 12, 2020. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
As part of the Trump administration's government hiring freeze, hundreds of workers expecting to fill seasonal roles at the National Park Service saw their job offers rescinded earlier this month.
Glacier National Park, like many national parks, hires hundreds of seasonal employees each summer to operate campgrounds, clean bathrooms, pick up garbage, clear trails and work as rangers. They are critical to the operation of the park, which saw 3.2 million visitors last year, the second most ever.
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