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"NOAA Said to Be Planning to Shrink Staff by 20 Percent"

"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the nation’s premier agency for weather and climate science, has been told by the Trump administration to prepare to lose another 1,000 workers, raising concerns that NOAA’s lifesaving forecasts might be hindered as hurricane and disaster season approaches."

Source: NYTimes, 03/10/2025

"Life-Saving Avalanche Forecasts Could Be Hindered By Trump Budget Cuts"

"Officials in the Western U.S. who warn the public about avalanches are sounding a different type of alarm. They say they’re worried that the Trump administration firing hundreds of meteorologists and other environmental scientists could hinder life-saving forecasts that skiers and mountain drivers rely on."

Source: AP, 03/07/2025

National Parks Had a Record Year. Trump Admin Appear to Want It Kept Quiet.

"America’s national parks saw more than 331 million visits last year, a record. But the Trump administration does not want to call attention to those numbers, according to a National Park Service memo, amid mass firings of rangers and other employees at the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Arches and other popular destinations."

Source: NYTimes, 03/07/2025

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