Cuts at Hawaii national parks and wildlife refuges starting to be tallied, however groups are having to file FOIA requests to get the full count and details.
For those who think that government should run like a business, remember that 90% of new start-ups fail, so don't be surprised when using the same mentality and methods yields the same result for government services everyone relies on daily (e.g. safe food, medicine, travel, social security, medicare/medicaid, public lands, etc, etc)
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/202...eral-cuts/
"The Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge on Kauai, with its historic lighthouse, attracts more than 500,000 visitors a year.
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The national refuge, one of three on Kauai, lost all four field staff members Feb. 14 as part of the Trump administration’s mass firings of federal employees.
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U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, said the across-the-board firing of probationary employees was done in haste, without foresight and will cause lasting damage to communities in a letter urging Interior Department Secretary Douglas Burgum to reinstate the positions.
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Eric Hamren, plant restoration lead at the Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge on Hawaii island, remembers well the day he and other field staff received an email notice that their positions would be terminated, effective immediately.
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Hamren, who was just two months shy of finishing his probationary period, took the new position after working two years at the National Park Service.
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The OPM and DOGE have also cut an undisclosed number of probationary employees from the National Park Service."
(more at link)
For those who think that government should run like a business, remember that 90% of new start-ups fail, so don't be surprised when using the same mentality and methods yields the same result for government services everyone relies on daily (e.g. safe food, medicine, travel, social security, medicare/medicaid, public lands, etc, etc)
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/202...eral-cuts/
"The Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge on Kauai, with its historic lighthouse, attracts more than 500,000 visitors a year.
...
The national refuge, one of three on Kauai, lost all four field staff members Feb. 14 as part of the Trump administration’s mass firings of federal employees.
...
U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, said the across-the-board firing of probationary employees was done in haste, without foresight and will cause lasting damage to communities in a letter urging Interior Department Secretary Douglas Burgum to reinstate the positions.
...
Eric Hamren, plant restoration lead at the Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge on Hawaii island, remembers well the day he and other field staff received an email notice that their positions would be terminated, effective immediately.
...
Hamren, who was just two months shy of finishing his probationary period, took the new position after working two years at the National Park Service.
...
The OPM and DOGE have also cut an undisclosed number of probationary employees from the National Park Service."
(more at link)