Employees who hung the American National Park in the sign “distress”, said that the action was a call for the protection of public countries from privatization and return to thousands of federal workers who have recently been fired.
The intersections in national parks and forests left workers confused and worried not only for themselves, but for the future of the American public country, and they are afraid that cuts could be the first step in the privatization of billion hectares of wild.
“They seem to be clear to try to destabilize and decentralize,” said Andria Townsend, fired Josemit employee whose work included research of endangered fishermen, small, carnivorous thighs. “So we lose public countries and start the resource extractions.”
The flag of Upside Death was on Saturday from the Josemitic iconic EL Capitan, Vertical Rock Rock of 3,000 Feet that draws the lush visitors every February to Witnesses “Firefall” When a horsepower, a seasonal waterfall on the east side of the summit, take on orange, shine like sunset.
“It’s a huge statement,” said Olek Chmura, a former Josemite Savlaker who was fired this month. “It was always a sign of land in trouble and to switch over the horses, the weekend was scared to tell people to wake up and look around.”
Chmura, who did not participate in the amount of flags, was among 1,000 employees at the national park that was fired 14. February. It was two months shy to complete a one-year trial period when he received the notice.
A plumber per training, Chmura said she was dedicated to a public service and liked his job despite what he earned more money in the private sector.
During the weekend as he visited Yosemite, Chmura said he was forced to use the bathroom with a broken lock because the other contents were too dirty. She was locked was broken, he said, because the park was the only locksmith recently fired.
“We’ve already been away,” Chmura said, who assessed Yosemite lost 11 decreases. “And he’s not even peak travel.”
The US Department of Interior, which manages the National Park service, did not answer the comment request, but Agency Chief Doug Burgum For handcuffs Recently, the Trump administration would open the federal land on oil and lease of gas.
“We’re moving very fast,” he said.
This month, Burgum ordered officials to review and consider redecoration of national monuments created in previous presidents. Among the sites, most at risk are two in Utah: Urani Bears in color and Grand Staircase-Escalante, holding large coal reserves.
The White House spokesman said earlier in the statement that “continued to protect the agent natural resources of America as they simplify the Federal Agencies to serve American people better.”
“In his first mandate, President Trump proved that environmental management and economic sizes can cross the hand in hand,” he said.
Townsend, which was also fired during its trial period, said its position, unlike most federal jobs, financed through grants.
“No money for taxpayers is not saving me,” she said, adding that she added almost two weeks since she lost her job was painful and isolated.
Townsend said she sensed the spark of hope after he saw the U.S. flags that hanging from El Capitan, the most popular attractions Yosemite.
“Yosemite has an advantage that is so well known,” she said. “When people think of national parks, they think of yosemite, so we have a lever that we really make a difference.”
Townsend joined about 100 people who protested in the park on Saturday, holding signs calling for employees to be installed for public countries to remain outside the bounds of private interests.
Organizer of Saturday protest, a former ranger who did not want her name to be used because he hopes to be again, He said people were scrambled and cheering when the flag was inconspicuously upside down.
Some were annoyed on the display, calling him an unpatriotics and complained that he blocked his view of the waterfall, while others said he touched memories of national parks with their families.
“People stand and people listen,” Ranger said. “We will continue to fight. Federal employees in all agencies important.”
2025-02-25 17:53:00
