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The official resistance account of off-duty NPS rangers. Fighting for national parks and park employees! https://www.resistancerangers.org/
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The NPS lost about a 1/4 of its permanent staff to mass firings, buyouts, early retirements, and resignations so far this year. This is the official resistance account: we preserve & protect public lands; we are America’s history keepers & storytellers. Join us on this uphill trail. #protectourparks
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ACTION REQUESTED: Please help by calling to support the Boundary Waters.
🚨🚨Call now. Senate vote next week on opening the Boundary Waters in Minnesota to copper mining. @swingleft.bsky.social @altreclamation.altgov.info @altfws.altgov.info @nrdc.org @nature.org @altdoi.altgov.info
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Protect the Boundary Waters from Toxic Mining - SENATE VOTE NEXT WEEK ⭑ 5 Calls
Updates February 6, 2026: The Senate is expected to vote on H.J. Res 140 during the week of February 9th. It only needs a simple majority of 50 votes …
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February 7, 2026 at 3:26 PM
ACTION REQUESTED: Please help by calling to support the Boundary Waters.
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It used to be a dream job. In many ways, it still is. This is what it’s really like to work in America’s national parks in the present climate.
'We Have to Disguise Science as Patriotism.' What It’s Like to Work as a National Park Ranger Right Now.
It used to be a dream job. In many ways, it still is. This is what it’s really like to work in America’s national parks in the present climate.
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February 5, 2026 at 5:19 PM
It used to be a dream job. In many ways, it still is. This is what it’s really like to work in America’s national parks in the present climate.
Have you noticed censorship at a national park? You can now report it on our website! The banner across the top takes you to an encrypted form for safe, anonymous reporting.
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Resistance Rangers
Resistance Rangers unite rangers and the public to protect National Park sites by advocating for rehiring staff, securing full funding, preventing layoffs, and safeguarding public lands from clearcutt...
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February 4, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Have you noticed censorship at a national park? You can now report it on our website! The banner across the top takes you to an encrypted form for safe, anonymous reporting.
www.resistancerangers.org
www.resistancerangers.org
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How I feel about the National Park Service
February 1, 2026 at 4:05 AM
How I feel about the National Park Service
We’ve been here before. We’ve seen our government round up and imprison citizens based on racial profiling. We’ve seen them murder peaceful people in cold blood. We’ve seen them create groups of people that are deemed “lesser than.”
January 30, 2026 at 1:56 PM
We’ve been here before. We’ve seen our government round up and imprison citizens based on racial profiling. We’ve seen them murder peaceful people in cold blood. We’ve seen them create groups of people that are deemed “lesser than.”
On Friday, January 23rd, park staff at Independence National Historical Park were instructed to remove signs about slavery from the President's House. These exhibits were the first slavery memorial of its kind on federal property in the United States.
January 26, 2026 at 4:43 PM
On Friday, January 23rd, park staff at Independence National Historical Park were instructed to remove signs about slavery from the President's House. These exhibits were the first slavery memorial of its kind on federal property in the United States.
“Dear Trump Administration: You can fire us, you can defund our national parks, you can tell us that we’re not valid and that we shouldn’t exist and we will keep turning your fear and hate into love and community and we will win because we always do.” - Dr. SJ Joslin
January 23, 2026 at 12:13 AM
“Dear Trump Administration: You can fire us, you can defund our national parks, you can tell us that we’re not valid and that we shouldn’t exist and we will keep turning your fear and hate into love and community and we will win because we always do.” - Dr. SJ Joslin
Being a park ranger in 2026 has already been tough (it's been 21 days, not that we're counting). It's been a year of daily challenges from the Trump administration, with them creating just about as hostile a workplace environment as they can.
January 22, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Being a park ranger in 2026 has already been tough (it's been 21 days, not that we're counting). It's been a year of daily challenges from the Trump administration, with them creating just about as hostile a workplace environment as they can.
After 15 years of the NPS honoring Martin Luther King Jr. with a fee-free day, this year, that is no longer the case. In yet another attack against celebrating our country’s beautiful & inspiring diversity, this admin is using the NPS to further marginalize our communities & censor our history.
January 20, 2026 at 12:18 AM
After 15 years of the NPS honoring Martin Luther King Jr. with a fee-free day, this year, that is no longer the case. In yet another attack against celebrating our country’s beautiful & inspiring diversity, this admin is using the NPS to further marginalize our communities & censor our history.
Um, excuse me, I thought I was buying an America the Beautiful Pass??? 🤡
January 7, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Um, excuse me, I thought I was buying an America the Beautiful Pass??? 🤡
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It's another year, Park Protectors. Let's do this 💪
January 1, 2026 at 2:55 PM
It's another year, Park Protectors. Let's do this 💪
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Today we remember Betty Reid Soskin, lovingly known as the National Park Service's oldest ranger. We proudly honored her in 2018 for her work ensuring sites like Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front NHP represent all our nation’s stories. RIP, Ranger Betty. www.npca.org/articles/480...
Living History
Learning about the last century from the oldest ranger in the National Park System.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Today we remember Betty Reid Soskin, lovingly known as the National Park Service's oldest ranger. We proudly honored her in 2018 for her work ensuring sites like Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front NHP represent all our nation’s stories. RIP, Ranger Betty. www.npca.org/articles/480...
Once again Senator Lee thinks he can sneak in attacks to our public lands and we won’t notice. And once again, he’s wrong. We’re here, we’re watching, and we’re not letting up.
December 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Once again Senator Lee thinks he can sneak in attacks to our public lands and we won’t notice. And once again, he’s wrong. We’re here, we’re watching, and we’re not letting up.
Great coverage by @kqednews.kqed.org of the "dubiously legal" moves to manipulate NPS staff performance review, as well as planned wage cuts of up to $3.5/hour for Yosemite maintenance employees. The hits keep coming.
December 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Great coverage by @kqednews.kqed.org of the "dubiously legal" moves to manipulate NPS staff performance review, as well as planned wage cuts of up to $3.5/hour for Yosemite maintenance employees. The hits keep coming.
Sorry, ~the public~ this is a pretty niche ranger post.
Though if you like tea 🫖 and are curious what the administration is up to these days, including potentially illegal actions disguised as bureaucratic 🏛️paper 📋 pushing, we welcome you to read on.
Though if you like tea 🫖 and are curious what the administration is up to these days, including potentially illegal actions disguised as bureaucratic 🏛️paper 📋 pushing, we welcome you to read on.
December 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Sorry, ~the public~ this is a pretty niche ranger post.
Though if you like tea 🫖 and are curious what the administration is up to these days, including potentially illegal actions disguised as bureaucratic 🏛️paper 📋 pushing, we welcome you to read on.
Though if you like tea 🫖 and are curious what the administration is up to these days, including potentially illegal actions disguised as bureaucratic 🏛️paper 📋 pushing, we welcome you to read on.
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1/6
There's a lot to unpack in the new President's Management Agenda, Russ Vought's blueprint for shrinking agencies and sidelining expertise. But one section felt especially nauseating, so we'll start there: the part about "ending censorship."
Let's break it down. 👇
There's a lot to unpack in the new President's Management Agenda, Russ Vought's blueprint for shrinking agencies and sidelining expertise. But one section felt especially nauseating, so we'll start there: the part about "ending censorship."
Let's break it down. 👇
President Trump's Management Agenda
Delivering a Government Taxpayers Deserve
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December 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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There's a lot to unpack in the new President's Management Agenda, Russ Vought's blueprint for shrinking agencies and sidelining expertise. But one section felt especially nauseating, so we'll start there: the part about "ending censorship."
Let's break it down. 👇
There's a lot to unpack in the new President's Management Agenda, Russ Vought's blueprint for shrinking agencies and sidelining expertise. But one section felt especially nauseating, so we'll start there: the part about "ending censorship."
Let's break it down. 👇
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That’s Trumped up.
Gift shop sales raise funds for parks.
They’re typically not staffed by federal workers.
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Gift shop sales raise funds for parks.
They’re typically not staffed by federal workers.
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A new memo gives the National Park Service two weeks to review bookstores for “equity-related” content for removal.
Trump Orders DEI Out of National Park Bookstores | KQED
A new memo gives the National Park Service two weeks to review bookstores for “equity-related” content for removal.
www.kqed.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
That’s Trumped up.
Gift shop sales raise funds for parks.
They’re typically not staffed by federal workers.
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Gift shop sales raise funds for parks.
They’re typically not staffed by federal workers.
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We know you’ve seen the designs for the 2026 America the Beautiful pass, aka the “national parks pass.” Gross, right? 🤢
Know what’s even more gross? Asking rangers to determine who is “American enough” to pay the lower cost to enter the parks.
Know what’s even more gross? Asking rangers to determine who is “American enough” to pay the lower cost to enter the parks.
December 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
We know you’ve seen the designs for the 2026 America the Beautiful pass, aka the “national parks pass.” Gross, right? 🤢
Know what’s even more gross? Asking rangers to determine who is “American enough” to pay the lower cost to enter the parks.
Know what’s even more gross? Asking rangers to determine who is “American enough” to pay the lower cost to enter the parks.
If you're on Instagram, the Center for Plants & Culture posted a series on national parks being built on indigenous land and the myth of uninhabited virgin wilderness. "Uninhabited wilderness had to be created before it could be preserved" - Mark David Spence. www.instagram.com/p/DRhw2ebj-FE/
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November 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
If you're on Instagram, the Center for Plants & Culture posted a series on national parks being built on indigenous land and the myth of uninhabited virgin wilderness. "Uninhabited wilderness had to be created before it could be preserved" - Mark David Spence. www.instagram.com/p/DRhw2ebj-FE/
You may be looking at us and asking yourself what WE'RE thankful for this year.
Fair question, given *waves arms at everything going on*
It's been a tough year. The walls have been closing in as federal employees & public land lovers cling to the cliff side. This was not the journey we wanted.
Fair question, given *waves arms at everything going on*
It's been a tough year. The walls have been closing in as federal employees & public land lovers cling to the cliff side. This was not the journey we wanted.
November 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
You may be looking at us and asking yourself what WE'RE thankful for this year.
Fair question, given *waves arms at everything going on*
It's been a tough year. The walls have been closing in as federal employees & public land lovers cling to the cliff side. This was not the journey we wanted.
Fair question, given *waves arms at everything going on*
It's been a tough year. The walls have been closing in as federal employees & public land lovers cling to the cliff side. This was not the journey we wanted.
Some park news released this week which we're still processing: including new park pass designs featuring the president, and cost increases for foreign visitors. For more info: www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/11/upda...
And from the NYT: archive.ph/Abfp9
And from the NYT: archive.ph/Abfp9
UPDATE | Announcement Video For Updated Park Passes Reveals New Artwork
An announcement video from the Department of the Interior shows the new artwork that will be featured on annual America the Beautiful passes, one of which is already causing controversy.
www.nationalparkstraveler.org
November 27, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Some park news released this week which we're still processing: including new park pass designs featuring the president, and cost increases for foreign visitors. For more info: www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/11/upda...
And from the NYT: archive.ph/Abfp9
And from the NYT: archive.ph/Abfp9
First they push 24% of rangers out the door, and tell us we can’t hire anyone to backfill those positions. Then, they tell us to fill those positions with seasonal (temporary) rangers—the positions in the NPS with the least protections.
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 AM
First they push 24% of rangers out the door, and tell us we can’t hire anyone to backfill those positions. Then, they tell us to fill those positions with seasonal (temporary) rangers—the positions in the NPS with the least protections.
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📢🦬 Since “the most transparent” administration axed the 2025 FEVS, @ourpublicservice.bsky.social has stepped up to fill the void.
Fellow feds, please take the survey and share with your colleagues. Our opinions matter!
Fellow feds, please take the survey and share with your colleagues. Our opinions matter!
Are you a current federal employee? In the absence of the 2025 FEVS, we created the Public Viewpoint Survey to assess today's federal employee view on their jobs and workplaces.
Have your voice heard. Complete the survey today. ➡️ ourpublicservice.org/PSVS
Have your voice heard. Complete the survey today. ➡️ ourpublicservice.org/PSVS
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
📢🦬 Since “the most transparent” administration axed the 2025 FEVS, @ourpublicservice.bsky.social has stepped up to fill the void.
Fellow feds, please take the survey and share with your colleagues. Our opinions matter!
Fellow feds, please take the survey and share with your colleagues. Our opinions matter!
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🦬 “Interior largely rolled out its consolidation effort on paper only and without overhauling operations in any practical way.”
…Pay us money so nothing changes. Can confirm this is true — when I lost my local IT Specialist I asked what the biggest change was and they replied, “My email address.”
…Pay us money so nothing changes. Can confirm this is true — when I lost my local IT Specialist I asked what the biggest change was and they replied, “My email address.”
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The Bureau level staff across DOI in HR, IT, Communications & Contracts who were “consolidated” to the Department level back in May(!) continue to be in a bizarre limbo and the Bureaus are being bullied into funding staff & “fees” while having their resources taken away.
The Bureau level staff across DOI in HR, IT, Communications & Contracts who were “consolidated” to the Department level back in May(!) continue to be in a bizarre limbo and the Bureaus are being bullied into funding staff & “fees” while having their resources taken away.
Doug Burgum is charging Interior Department agencies a premium to subsume their employees
The Interior Department's consolidation efforts is coming with a cost to National Parks and other components of the agency.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:36 AM
🦬 “Interior largely rolled out its consolidation effort on paper only and without overhauling operations in any practical way.”
…Pay us money so nothing changes. Can confirm this is true — when I lost my local IT Specialist I asked what the biggest change was and they replied, “My email address.”
…Pay us money so nothing changes. Can confirm this is true — when I lost my local IT Specialist I asked what the biggest change was and they replied, “My email address.”
Last spring, ~5,700 employees of DOI bureaus—including ~1,700 NPS staff were forcibly & unexpectedly moved to the “DOI Office of the Secretary,” almost an entire new agency. This huge illegal reorganization was done without congressional approval and included HR, IT, comms & contracts staff.
November 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Last spring, ~5,700 employees of DOI bureaus—including ~1,700 NPS staff were forcibly & unexpectedly moved to the “DOI Office of the Secretary,” almost an entire new agency. This huge illegal reorganization was done without congressional approval and included HR, IT, comms & contracts staff.