Yosemite National Park is preparing for a crisis prior to the summer season, because the reservation service is concluded due to the cutbacks on the Trump administration.
Over the past five years, Yosemite officials have worked on the introduction of a permanent reservation system that would help relieve waiting times and overpopulation during the most popular months of the year.
The system is now on hold after President Donald Trump and his administration have revised the plan, according to SF Gate.
This suppresses the ability of the National Park to determine how many visitors are submitted to the park on a certain day during a peak time in which travelers start to plan their travels to the California hotspot.
Former Yosemite -head inspector Don Neubacher said that this movement could be 'catastrophic', because a maximum of 20,000 visitors on a beautiful summer day come within a day.
Yosemite officials hope to give an update on 26 February, because they acknowledge the importance of it as quickly as possible to provide clarity about that system to accommodate the peak planning of the summer season, “said it to SF Gate.
But the Yosemite crisis goes beyond just being able to control the influx of visitors, but having staff to take care of these visitors and the site.
Trump has terminated thousands of employees in national park and forest management, causing claims to encourage the relocation that could harm the most sacred natural countries in the country.
Yosemite National Park is preparing for a crisis prior to the summer season, because the reservation service is concluded due to the cutbacks on the Trump administration
Over the past five years, Yosemite officials have worked on the introduction of a permanent reservation system that would help relieve waiting times and overpopulation during the most popular months of the year. The system is now on hold after President Donald Trump and his administration have revised the plan
About 1,000 newly hired employees of National Park Service (NPS) and around 3,400 American forest service employees were fired last week, CBS News reported.
The cuts are the newest maneuver of the Doge van Trump and Elon Musk to close the government and eradicate fraud, waste and abuse.
The dismissals were not publicly announced by the agencies and were confirmed instead by Democratic legislators.
“Those among us are told to be prepared for chaos and to cover,” an anonymous Yosemite employee told SF Gate.
Yosemite sees up to five million visitors a year and employees expect the busy season to go to the busy season with a skeleton team.
It will not be the first time that Trump has led to the national park with hardly any employees. In December 2018, during his first term, a partial government closure across the border wall of Mexico will dismiss many federal employees.
Yosemite still operated during the 35 -day closure, but his Aramark staff – a private company that runs concessions – led the show, according to SF Gate.
The park was littered with dirt when waste was lagging behind picturesque points of view and human waste was left to freeze on the ground after the bathrooms were locked.
Trump has terminated thousands of employees in the national park and forest management, so that claims are fueled. The move could harm the most holy natural countries in the country
But Yosemite's crisis goes beyond just being able to control the influx of visitors, but having staff to take care of these visitors and the grounds
During the seasonal staff it was assumed that they no longer had a position that was waiting for them because of the federal recruitment.
Yosemite usually rents between 350 and 400 seasonal workers between February and March, according to SF Gate.
But if the park can find enough staff, the question remains.
The concern about Yosemite ensured that the Senator Alex Padilla of California and 21 other senators wrote a letter to the Ministry of the Interior, asking secretary Doug Burgum to reconsider the cuts on staff.
“Without seasonal staff during this high season, visitor centers can close, bathrooms will be filthy, campsites can close, tours will be closed or can be completely canceled, emergency aid times will fall and visitor services such as safety advice, trail recommendations and interpretation will not be available,” they wrote.
Padilla also pushes the Trump administration to complete a sustainable reservation system that is crucial to guarantee the world-class visitor experience that people expect when they visit Yosemite, “he told SF Gate.
Mark Rose, a project manager for the National Parks Conservation Association, is concerned that the lack of staff Yosemite will send to a 'critical' zone for human health and safety without waste water treatment plants and high -voltage lines that are now being checked correctly.
“This is one of the biggest treasures in America,” Neubacher told SF Gate. “And these reckless actions endanger the future.”
