According to the National Parks Conservation Association, about 400 people took the federal buyout, and about 1,000 more were laid off. Despite a hiring freeze, the Department of the Interior ...

The flag was seen hanging on top of the park's famous El Capitan summit, where the famed “Firefall” can be spotted.

The terminations at national parks and forests have left workers bewildered and worried not only for themselves but for the ...

Yosemite National Park staff hung an upside-down U.S. flag on El Capitan summit to protest staff firings at the park by the ...

Flying the American flag upside down is often done during times of distress or unrest. An American flag was hung upside down over El Capitan in Yosemite National Park over the weekend to protest the ...