{"id":2021,"date":"2025-03-01T11:08:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T19:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/?p=2021"},"modified":"2025-03-01T11:26:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T19:26:03","slug":"washington-recreation-industry-hurt-by-doge-federal-firings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/2025\/03\/01\/washington-recreation-industry-hurt-by-doge-federal-firings\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Recreation Industry Hurt by DOGE Federal Firings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2022\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2022\" class=\" wp-image-2022 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/03\/olympic_np.jpeg\" alt=\"hikers on a trail in the mountains\" width=\"368\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/03\/olympic_np.jpeg 1632w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/03\/olympic_np-300x165.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/03\/olympic_np-1024x563.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/03\/olympic_np-768x423.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/03\/olympic_np-1536x845.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2022\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: National Park Service, Department of Interior<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is another story from the Seattle Times on the effects of the recent firing of probationary staff right here in Washington. This isn\u2019t over\u2013this last week, all managers across the Federal government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fedsmith.com\/2025\/02\/26\/rifs-are-coming-what-federal-employees-need-to-know-about-upcoming-workforce-optimization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have been asked to prepare RIF plans<\/a> for large reductions in workforce to be implemented by September.<\/p>\n<p>I heard from a NARFE member who was recently with USFS that the National Park Service has received approval to hire temporary employees this coming season, but USFS has not and they serve us supporting outdoor recreation as well. These cuts will have huge negative impact on the economy, especially in rural areas throughout Washington that depend on recreation and tourism. Today is a great day to contact your representatives.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/life\/outdoors\/how-trumps-firing-of-u-s-forest-service-staff-affects-recreation-in-wa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How Trump\u2019s firing of Forest Service staff affects recreation in WA (Seattle Times 3\/1)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is another story from the Seattle Times on the effects of the recent firing of probationary staff right here in Washington. This isn\u2019t over\u2013this last week, all managers across the Federal government have been asked to prepare RIF plans for large reductions in workforce to be implemented by September. I heard from a NARFE member who was recently with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"kp-content-permissions":[],"class_list":["post-2021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/03\/olympic_np.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2021"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2024,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021\/revisions\/2024"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2021"},{"taxonomy":"kp-content-permissions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kp-content-permissions?post=2021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}