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The Assignment with Audie Cornish

How DOGE Cuts May Affect Your Summer Vacation

The Assignment with Audie Cornish

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News Commentary, News, Politics

4.6844 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Sweeping cuts are throwing America’s national parks and forests into uncertainty. With fewer rangers, trail crews, and wildfire fighters, the effects could be immediate — closed campgrounds, neglected trails, and a fire season primed to be more dangerous than ever. Audie talks with veteran wildland firefighter Riva Duncan and CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Bill Weir about what these cuts mean for public lands, outdoor tourism, and the communities—and economies— that depend on them.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.7

Honestly, it's overwhelming trying to figure out which batch of federal workers we should be paying attention to.

1:06.6

So many are being fired and sometimes rehired from so many different agencies, it's hard to keep track.

1:14.9

For example, the U.S. Department of Agriculture rehired probationary employees,

1:19.6

including firefighters, fired by Doge.

1:22.8

What the American taxpayers need to know is it costs money to actually fire people.

1:27.9

And it costs money to bring people on.

1:30.2

And so this is the definition of inefficiency.

1:34.1

And the ripple effects of these cuts across government are likely to have unintended consequences,

1:39.6

what you might call known unknowns.

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