Recent Budget Cuts to Search and Rescue Will have Massive impact

By Jon Heshka It’s impossible to know the scope and scale of how and where President Trump’s budget cuts will be felt by visitors to national parks but it is safe to say that there will be pain. Last year, 331.9 million people visited national parks. This was an increase of 6.4 million visits, or 1.9%, from 2023. There can be little doubt that the cuts will be felt. That pain has been felt by the 1000 provisional employees of the National Park Service who have already been laid o