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Workers hung upside-down US flag from El Capitan in Yosemite National Park
A photograph accurately shows a U.S. "distress" flag hung upside down from the side of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park by a group of employees.
Upside-down U.S flag hung at Yosemite National Park by workers protesting job cuts
A group of workers at California's Yosemite National Park positioned the U.S. flag on Saturday near the Horsetail Fall​ where crowds gather to witness Yosemite's annual firefall​.
Why there’s an upside-down American flag hanging in Yosemite National Park
The flag was reportedly hung over the side of El Capitan as a sign of protest by Yosemite employees concerned about the recent downsizing carried out as part of the Trump administration’s cost-cutting initiatives.
'A desperate plea': Bold display pops up at Yosemite National Park after layoffs
A group of demonstrators unfurled an upside-down American flag at El Capitan during the Yosemite firefall in protest of mass layoffs at the national park.
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Upside-down U.S flag hung at Yosemite National Park to protest employee cuts
Nature lovers flock to Yosemite National Park every February to witness the majestic "firefall" event, but this year’s crowds were met a different spectacle: an upside-down American flag hung on a summit to protest the Trump administration’s cuts of national park service employees.
Yosemite workers grapple with layoffs, fear for future of national parks
The Trump administration has laid off around 1,000 National Park Service employees, including custodians, wildlife specialists, and seasonal workers.
‘I’m really scared for the future of wildlife’: How national park layoffs could impact Yosemite
Andria Townsend led a team of biologists in search of one of the West’s most elusive creatures: the Pacific fisher. Then the axe fell. The 36-year-old supervisory scientist at Yosemite National Park was among the many National Park Service employees abruptly fired from their job – and her efforts to find and ultimately protect the endangered fisher were abandoned.
How national parks and forests could suffer as a result of federal firings
America's national parks and other federal lands are in danger of falling into disrepair following the firings of thousands of federal employees.
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