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Cuts to US national parks and forests met with backlash
Employees who maintained America's most wild places say they are concerned for public safety and for wildlife.
The Trump administration's steep cuts to staff at national parks, forests and wildlife habitats have triggered a growing backlash, as public access and conservation efforts in these remote wild landscapes fade away. A popular trail outside Seattle was closed indefinitely only hours after the cuts were announced, with a sign at the trailhead explaining that the closure is "due to the large scale termination of Forest Service employees" and "will reopen when we return to appropriate staffing levels". Long-time couple Claire Thompson, 35, and Xander Demetrios, 36, haveworked for the Forest Service for about a decade, most recently maintaining trails in central Washington state so that hikers could explore the snow-capped Cascade mountains.
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