DoomsdaysCW<p>Not to mention that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchs</span></a> are eyeing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicLands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicLands</span></a> for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Drilling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drilling</span></a>!</p><p>A fired <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NationalPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalPark</span></a> ranger lost his dream job. He says the public is losing more </p><p>February 17, 2025</p><p>"Brian Gibbs lost his job as a national park ranger on Friday.</p><p>"He was working as an environmental educator at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EffigyMounds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EffigyMounds</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NationalMonument" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalMonument</span></a> in northeast <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Iowa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iowa</span></a>. It was his 'dream job,' he wrote in a widely shared post on Facebook. The monument is the site of mounds made of earth, built by ancient <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericans</span></a>, that form shapes of animals.</p><p>"The 41-year-old father learned of his termination on Valentine's Day. 'I am absolutely heartbroken and completely devastated,' he wrote.</p><p>"Gibbs is one of about 1,000 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NationalParkService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalParkService</span></a> employees who were fired this past week. Parks advocates say the layoffs could leave national parks understaffed going into a busy spring break."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/02/17/nx-s1-5298684/national-park-ranger-trump-job-cuts-nps?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/02/17/nx-s1-52986</span><span class="invisible">84/national-park-ranger-trump-job-cuts-nps?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheParks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheParks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NPS</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MoreParksLessOligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoreParksLessOligarchs</span></a></p>