More than 700 National Park Service employees have submitted resignations as part of Elon Musk’s “fork in the road” offer, according to an internal agency memo.
Elon Musk, urged by President Donald Trump to "be more aggressive" in driving a reduction in federal employment, has told National Park Service workers to justify their positions in weekly emails or resign.
Federal workers across several agencies are losing their jobs at a breakneck pace. In Montana, Wyoming and Idaho — across Greater Yellowstone and beyond — employees with the U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service and more are concerned their positions may be on the chopping block. The layoffs are coming fast from the Trump administration at the direction of its Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, led by billionaire and Tesla founder Elon Musk.
Well, over the weekend, people outside the federal government realized that seemingly anyone can send an email that will presumably reach Musk at this Office of Personnel Management address. On Facebook, Alt National Park Service, a "resistance" page dedicated to protecting the parks, posted this: