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Senators blast proposed deep cuts to National Park Service; secretary says data gaps complicate oversight
Summary
Senators including Angus King and Jon Wyden criticized a proposed 3037% reduction to National Park Service funding and urged the department for more data on visitation and staffing. Secretary Burgum said the department is rebuilding HR and visitor data and argued efficiencies could shift resources from overhead into parks.
Senators pressed Secretary Doug Burgum on the proposed reductions to the National Park Service and the consequences for staffing, visitor services and deferred maintenance.
Sen. Angus King criticized the administration's budget submission as inadequate for oversight, saying a 37% cut to the NPS "is devastating to the National Park Service" and noting a widening gap between visitation and staffing over recent years. King said the proposed $1.2 billion reduction to NPS would do "huge damage" to a widely popular federal agency.
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