1. United States
2. Fla.
3. Letter

Please call on Secretary Burgum to stop slashing the National Park Service staff and ask him to waive the hiring freeze for the agency. Florida has some of the most incredible national parks in the country and to see them impacted by this would be a huge blow to our natural resources along with being a huge blow to our economy. All of our national parks are incredible, but as a Florida resident, I am particularly concerned about the impact to the national parks we have in Florida. National Park Service staff are the heartbeat of national parks, and they are essential to the special places that millions of Americans visit every year. Those park visitors drive local economies and support hundreds of thousands of jobs. From guiding hikes to backcountry rescues, trail maintenance to cleaning toilets, park staff are already being asked to do more with less. Any cuts to National Park Service staffing could forever change our national parks, and the recent moves by the administration are nothing short of devastating. Visitors will start being severely impacted in just a few weeks when parks welcome families during spring break. Our communities and our economies rely on our parks – and parks rely on National Park Service rangers and staff. As your constituent, I want you to do everything in your power to protect National Park Service staff from these egregious staffing cuts.