Visitors to the French Quarter were disappointed after discovering that a National Park Service facility off Decatur Street had been shut down, possibly for good. Fox 8 has confirmed that the federal government appears to be closing a Park Service office and several Minerals Management offices in the New Orleans area as part of broader cost-cutting measures.

Outwander reports that 1,000 probationary employees recently were laid off by the National Park Service and there were an additional 700 resignations as part of federal workforce reductions under the Trump administration,

The ongoing effort by President Donald Trump's administration to lay off thousands of federal workers and slash agency budgets may pave the way to the privatization of the United States' national parks.