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Washington Post
a day ago
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- Washington Post
Superintendent of Oregon's Crater Lake National Park resigns, citing staffing cuts
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — The superintendent of Crater Lake National Park in Oregon has resigned after just months in the role, citing staffing cuts that he called unsustainable and damaging. Kevin Heatley resigned Friday from the position he had held since January, Portland TV station KGW reported . He told the outlet the decision was difficult but that policies undertaken by the Trump administration had impacted the ability of the National Park Service to function. 'I did not want to be empowering the current administration to cause that kind of impact on the people that I'm responsible for,' Heatley said. 'And I also did not want to participate in the dismantlement — effectively a dismantlement — of the National Park Service.' 'We're being told, for instance, when people leave, they only want to replace 25% of those permanent positions,' he said. 'You can't run an organization like that.' A message seeking comment was sent Wednesday to the agency's communications office. Heatley said a seasonal increase in staffing of about 60 to 65 workers to help with summer crowds isn't sufficient to preserve park infrastructure or sustain its longterm needs. A number of the park's eight ranger positions — full-time positions tasked with maintaining park roads, buildings and trails — are unfilled, he said. Heatley's previous experience includes planning and management roles with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. He said he felt conflicted staying in a role where he saw the system as being undermined. Crater Lake National Park is home to the deepest lake in the U.S. and the deepest lake in the world formed by volcanic activity.
The Independent
a day ago
- Business
- The Independent
Superintendent of Oregon's Crater Lake National Park resigns, citing staffing cuts
The superintendent of Crater Lake National Park in Oregon has resigned after just months in the role, citing staffing cuts that he called unsustainable and damaging. Kevin Heatley resigned Friday from the position he had held since January, Portland TV station KGW reported. He told the outlet the decision was difficult but that policies undertaken by the Trump administration had impacted the ability of the National Park Service to function. 'I did not want to be empowering the current administration to cause that kind of impact on the people that I'm responsible for,' Heatley said. 'And I also did not want to participate in the dismantlement — effectively a dismantlement — of the National Park Service.' 'We're being told, for instance, when people leave, they only want to replace 25% of those permanent positions,' he said. 'You can't run an organization like that.' A message seeking comment was sent Wednesday to the agency's communications office. Heatley said a seasonal increase in staffing of about 60 to 65 workers to help with summer crowds isn't sufficient to preserve park infrastructure or sustain its longterm needs. A number of the park's eight ranger positions — full-time positions tasked with maintaining park roads, buildings and trails — are unfilled, he said. Heatley's previous experience includes planning and management roles with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. He said he felt conflicted staying in a role where he saw the system as being undermined. Crater Lake National Park is home to the deepest lake in the U.S. and the deepest lake in the world formed by volcanic activity.
Associated Press
a day ago
- General
- Associated Press
Superintendent of Oregon's Crater Lake National Park resigns, citing staffing cuts
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — The superintendent of Crater Lake National Park in Oregon has resigned after just months in the role, citing staffing cuts that he called unsustainable and damaging. Kevin Heatley resigned Friday from the position he had held since January, Portland TV station KGW reported. He told the outlet the decision was difficult but that policies undertaken by the Trump administration had impacted the ability of the National Park Service to function. 'I did not want to be empowering the current administration to cause that kind of impact on the people that I'm responsible for,' Heatley said. 'And I also did not want to participate in the dismantlement — effectively a dismantlement — of the National Park Service.' 'We're being told, for instance, when people leave, they only want to replace 25% of those permanent positions,' he said. 'You can't run an organization like that.' A message seeking comment was sent Wednesday to the agency's communications office. Heatley said a seasonal increase in staffing of about 60 to 65 workers to help with summer crowds isn't sufficient to preserve park infrastructure or sustain its longterm needs. A number of the park's eight ranger positions — full-time positions tasked with maintaining park roads, buildings and trails — are unfilled, he said. Heatley's previous experience includes planning and management roles with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. He said he felt conflicted staying in a role where he saw the system as being undermined. Crater Lake National Park is home to the deepest lake in the U.S. and the deepest lake in the world formed by volcanic activity.
Washington Post
4 days ago
- General
- Washington Post
National park superintendent resigns as Park Service staffing plunges
When Kevin Heatley took over as superintendent of Crater Lake National Park in January, he was excited to oversee one of Oregon's most iconic sites, whose stunning vistas and volcanic formations attract roughly half a million visitors each year. But after less than five months on the job, Heatley hung up his ranger's uniform Friday, citing the Trump administration's staffing cuts at the National Park Service as a major reason for his decision to take a buyout offer.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Yahoo
On This Day, May 22: Ireland is 1st to pass marriage equality in popular vote
On this date in history: In 1868, seven members of the Reno gang stole $98,000 from a railway car at Marshfield, Ind. It was the original "Great Train Robbery." In 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt established Crater Lake National Park in southwest Oregon, the fifth-oldest national park in the United States. The defining feature is Crater Lake, the remains of Mount Mazama, a volcano that collapsed after a major eruption thousands of years ago. In 1972, Richard Nixon became the first U.S president to visit Moscow. In 1987, a tornado flattened Saragosa, Texas, population 185, killing 29 residents and injuring 121. In 1990, South Yemen and North Yemen united, forming the new Yemeni Arab Republic. In 1992, Johnny Carson ended his nearly 30-year career as host of The Tonight Show. In 2002, authorities in Birmingham, Ala., convicted a fourth suspect in a 1963 church bombing that killed four black girls. Bobby Frank Cherry, 71, a former Ku Klux Klansman, was sentenced to life in prison. In 2003, Annika Sörenstam became the first woman in 59 years to compete in a PGA event but her 5-over-par 145 through two rounds of the Bank of America Colonial tournament failed to make the cut. In 2011, the deadliest tornado to strike the United States in half a century roared into the heart of Joplin, Mo., with winds of 200 mph. It killed nearly 160 people, injured about 1,100 others and destroyed nearly one-third of the city. Damage was estimated in the $3 billion range. In 2015, voters in Ireland overwhelmingly approved a measure to allow civil same-sex marriage, making it the first nation in the world to legalize gay unions through a popular vote. In 2017, a suicide bomber killed 22 people attending an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England. More than 500 people sustained injuries. In 2020, at least 76 people died in a fiery crash of Pakistan International Airlines Flight PK-8303 near Karachi's Jinnah International Airport. In 2024, Ireland, Norway and Spain announced they would formally recognize Palestine as a state separate from Israel in an effort to inject renewed impetus into a hoped-for two-state solution to decades of conflict.
