Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins issued the following statement regarding the recently announced hiring freeze at Acadia National Park:
“In response to conversations with officials from Friends of Acadia and the National Parks Conservation Association, I discussed with Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum the problems that the Department’s hiring freeze creates for Acadia because the Park would not be able to hire the seasonal employees required to collect entrance fees and perform other essential tasks such as maintaining trails and providing first responder services to visitors.
“Secretary Burgum has informed me that he has now secured an exception to the hiring freeze that will allow seasonal hiring to proceed. I am continuing to work with the Secretary on the remaining problems caused by the sweeping hiring freeze and the elimination of probationary workers.”
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