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Federal workforce

Agency restructuring under consideration; refuge report recommends staffing shifts

Send the organization chart outside

Personnel has received another map. The staffing plan still needs names, destinations and a way to keep the gates open.

Executive owner
Interior Department / National Park Service / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Status
Agency restructuring under consideration; refuge report recommends staffing shifts
Due
Implementation timetable not established
Paying for it
Interior agency resources; costs of proposed changes not established

ACTIVITY

Updated
DJT
Donald J. TrumpNov 8 · 7:17 AM

I like the outdoors. Very large department.

P
PersonnelNov 8 · 7:24 AM

The staffing recommendations need an implementation plan.

FO
Field OperationsNov 8 · 7:30 AM

Refuge maintenance requires people and equipment on site.

DJT
Donald J. TrumpNov 8 · 7:37 AM

Everybody says put people in the field, I have fields, you still need somebody who knows where the equipment is and somebody who can fix the equipment. Can't send an organizational chart out to mow, beautiful chart, grass keeps growing right through the meeting.

DJT
Donald J. TrumpNov 8 · 7:43 AM

I want the gates open.

B
BudgetNov 8 · 7:50 AM

Any staffing changes need a cost and service assessment.

DJT
Donald J. TrumpNov 8 · 7:57 AM

Then show me the actual savings, not a smaller headquarters box and a much bigger invoice for driving back to headquarters.

SUGGESTED NEXT STEP

Attach staffing costs and service coverage to the proposed reporting lines.

PUBLIC RECORD

The Washington Post reported November 7 that officials were considering National Park Service and Fish and Wildlife Service restructuring. FWS's November 6 refuge review recommends shifting headquarters and regional positions to refuges, expanding field law enforcement and sharing maintenance crews. The recommendations do not establish completed transfers or layoffs.

The Washington Post · 2026-11-07 ↗

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · Rooted in Purpose · 2026-11-06 ↗