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Fired federal workers share the crucial jobs no longer being done

Six people describe what they were doing to benefit public health, safety and the environment

Campground at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.

Jim Landahl was tasked with planting willow trees at Bright Angel Campground (shown here) in Grand Canyon National Park. On February 14, he was fired.

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By McKenzie Prillaman and Alex Viveros

Jim Landahl, a National Park Service biological science technician, spent Friday, February 14, moving willow trees from a nursery to a helipad in Grand Canyon National Park.