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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Jun 9, 2025, 02:50 PM 9 hrs ago

Resignation of Crater Lake head leaves Oregon congressional delegation concerned

While Democratic members of Oregon’s congressional delegation expressed alarm at the sudden resignation of the leader of the state’s only national park, the Republican who has the park in his district declined to take a position Friday.

Kevin Heatley, the new superintendent of Crater Lake National Park, resigned from his post May 30 over staffing concerns after just five months on the job.

Heatley, who had previously worked at the Bureau of Land Management, told Oregon Public Broadcasting, KGW, The Washington Post and several other news organizations that staffing was already lean at Crater Lake, and layoffs of probationary employees President Donald Trump ordered, followed by hiring freezes, mandates to leave vacant positions unfilled and new federal incentives from the Office of Personnel Management and the office known as the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, to resign or retire were making it worse.

Oregon’s congressional delegation met the news with differing levels of concern.

https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/06/06/resignation-of-crater-lake-head-leaves-oregon-congressional-delegation-concerned-clueless/

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Resignation of Crater Lake head leaves Oregon congressional delegation concerned (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 9 hrs ago OP
And to think, it was a Republican President who set up the national park system. marble falls 9 hrs ago #1
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