NATIONAL PARKS TRAVELER • October 21, 2025
Court documents filed Monday by the Trump administration in a bid to fire more federal employees indicate the National Park Service could lose more than 270 employees, including from the Park Service's Northeast regional office, which oversees Acadia. Overall, the administration wants to fire 2,050 union-represented Interior Department employees. At the National Parks Conservation Association, President and CEO Theresa Pierno said the court filings "offer a glimpse of what’s ahead, with only a small portion of the planned layoffs disclosed so far...[Interior] Secretary [Doug] Burgum’s actions are making it impossible for the Park Service to protect the very places and resources Americans hold dear. Under Secretary Burgum’s watch, the Park Service has already lost more than a quarter of its permanent staff.”