The buyouts and the Feb. 14 firing of probationary employees has cost the National Park Service at least 1,700 permanent staff members this month, roughly 9% of its workforce.

At least 700 year-round National Park Service employees have taken buyouts, according to an internal memo obtained by The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times. The memo, which was sent on Tuesday,

Thousands of National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service employees are being laid off as part of a federal workforce downsizing plan by President Trump and Elon Musk.