I'm a camp host for a USFS campground. It takes 3+ seasonal employees to clean the bathrooms, remove the trash, monitor the chlorine content of the drinking water and repair things. Together they maintain a dozen or so campgrounds.
As a camp host I occasionally do these tasks when these employees are absent as well as my usual duties. For this I theoretically receive a small stipend. I say theoretically because the payroll operation is so understaffed it is five months behind in paying me.
Without the seasonal staff, I don't see any way the USFS can keep the campgrounds open as well as do many other functions.
I don't think many Americans understand how 40 years or so of declining agency budgets have hollowed out the staffing of many government agencies.
As a camp host I occasionally do these tasks when these employees are absent as well as my usual duties. For this I theoretically receive a small stipend. I say theoretically because the payroll operation is so understaffed it is five months behind in paying me.
Without the seasonal staff, I don't see any way the USFS can keep the campgrounds open as well as do many other functions.
I don't think many Americans understand how 40 years or so of declining agency budgets have hollowed out the staffing of many government agencies.