Trump Administration Cuts Leave Park Service With Fewer Lifeguards
The recreational beaches of the National Park Service sites face a shortage of rescuers caused by freezing and the Trump endowment cuts to the Trump administration, Kff Health News told Kff.
Some parks reduce the hours where rescuers are available, rush to recruit hires or open beaches without any lifeguards. According to Bill Wade, Executive Director of the Association of National Park Rangers, a membership group that has sought to reintegrate the reintegration of the association of National Park Rangers, a membership group that has sought to make the reintegration of the Association of National Park Rangers, a group of members of the National Park Rangers association, has sought to reintegrate employees.
“We can assume in some cases because there are many national parks with water, that there will be a shortage in certain regions,” he said.
The National Park Service did not answer questions about the situation. The Ministry of the Interior said that rescuers’ shortages are a national concern even outside public lands.
“At the National Park Service, we expect our lifeguard endowment to happen over the summer,” said agency for agency J. Elizabeth Peace. “We appreciate the understanding and cooperation of the public when we work to ensure a sure and pleasant experience for everyone.”
Entering the recreational beaches of Assateague National Seashore, a barrier island of more than 37 miles in Maryland and Virginia, wore panels in early June warning that there were no rescuers in service. Their absence worries Azania Lane-Majestic, a visitor of Pittsburgh. She went online and looked for how to locate and escape a riptide in case.
“The presence of rescuers offers an additional level of security,” said Lane-Majestic, 28. “Rescuers are an important additional play of eyes.”
Great Kills Park Beach on Staten Island in New York will only have rescuers on Saturdays and Sundays, depending on the National Park Service Web page of the site, although the rescuers have known the beach from Thursday to Sunday before, depending on the rescuer’s hours published by the planner of the National Park, a resource on more than 160 national parking service sites.
And the security of swimmers at the National Recreational Gateway Area Sandy Hook, a barrier beach 6 miles long in New Jersey, could be at risk, said representative Frank Pallone (Dn.J.). He asked the Trump administration to answer questions by June 30 on the reasons why the National Park Service “did not hire the rescuers” and other essential staff members, according to a letter of June 9 to the interior secretary Doug Burgum.
About 1,000 park service employees were dismissed in February by the Government Ministry, or DOGE, said Wade. It is estimated that 2,500 workers in the permanent park service – about 13% of the total workforce – have also accepted buyouts or early retirement offered by the administration in its efforts to reduce the federal government. A job freeze for seasonal employees also delayed the recruitment season for rescuers.
