We are writing with an urgent message to ensure you understand the reality from the field before it shapes this year's funding decisions: National Park Service hiring isn't frozen anymore, but it might as well be. Approvals now move so slowly, it's like hiring is stuck in tar.

Dear Doug: We can tell you which signs to replace. But the damage goes way deeper- and we can't tell you how long it will take to repair.

On June 15, Jessica Bowron, acting National Park Service director, provided a declaration about the lawsuit regarding Secretarial Order 3431, "Restoring Truth and Sanity," and claimed personal knowledge of everything within it. 

We'd like to agree with some of what she said. But first: as the rangers who researched, designed, and taught these signs and materials, we would like to tell you exactly what you can do today to begin undoing the damage. Then, we’d like to tell you what no court order can repair.