National Parks Had a Record Year. Trump Officials Appear to Want It Kept Quiet.

America’s national parks saw more than 331 million visits last year, a record. But the Trump administration does not want to call attention to those numbers, according to a National Park Service memo, amid mass firings of rangers and other employees at the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Arches and other popular destinations.The internal memo, issued on Wednesday, said the agency would “not issue a press release or other…