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After just five months on the job, the superintendent of Crater Lake National Park has resigned — and he’s not going quietly.
Kevin Heatley, a veteran public lands manager, stepped down last Friday, citing what he describes as devastating staffing cuts and a federal policy direction that is hollowing out the National Park Service from the inside. In an interview with KGW, Heatley said he couldn’t continue in a system that’s bleeding talent and unable to meet even basic operational needs.
“I did not want to be empowering the current administration to cause that kind of impact on the people that I’m responsible for,” he said. “And
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