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The dismantling of the US Forest Service is imminent
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National Parks are managed by an entirely different department. This particular bullshit isn't fucking with Yosemite.
Specifically, the National Park Service is under the Department of the Interior, while the United States Forest Service is under the Department of Agriculture. They're totally separate all the way up to the President.
Concern about what happens in National Parks without sufficient ranger oversight is, however, very real.