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Fired Government Employees Mar Yosemite National Park with Disgraceful Display
Federal employees dismissed from their positions hung an American flag upside-down from the summit of the iconic El Capitan ...
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National parks cutting hours, services amid federal layoffs
According to the National Parks Conservation Association, about 400 people took the federal buyout, and about 1,000 more were ...
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MASS FIRINGS NEGATIVELY IMPACT NATIONAL PARKS, FORESTS, OTHER PUBLIC LANDS
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in Colorado has been forced to close two days a week due to lack of staffing, the ...
Watch: Demonstrators hang upside-down American flag at Yosemite National Park
The flag was seen hanging on top of the park's famous El Capitan summit, where the famed “Firefall” can be spotted.
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Fired Yosemite workers say upside-down US flag was a call to protect public lands
The terminations at national parks and forests have left workers bewildered and worried not only for themselves but for the ...
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‘Distress flag’ flies over Yosemite to protest cuts as crowds view firefall
An American flag was hung upside down over El Capitan in Yosemite National Park over the weekend to protest the firings of federal staff by the Trump administration. The Trump administration has laid ...
Why an upside-down American flag was hung in Yosemite National Park
Traditionally, hanging the American flag upside down symbolizes a distress call. Gavin Carpenter, a maintenance mechanic with Yosemite, spoke to the San Francisco Chronicle on Saturday and said he ...