Excess property that cannot be sold will be disposed of properly. A one-bedroom apartment in Gardiner rented for $389, and a two-bedroom unit rented for $450, including utilities.

GAO found that: (1) the Park Service provides a wide variety of in-park housing to many of its employees because it believes that this housing is vital to providing in-park visitor services; (2) the Forest Service and BLM have significantly less employee housing than the Park Service because they do not focus on providing visitor services and have different approaches to providing employee housing; (3) the Park …

“Using modular versus on-site construction means we can build more units, in less time, with lower costs, more sustainably.”.

Housing cooperatives: In 1997, the Washington Housing Office of the NPS contracted for a study of an Employee Housing Cooperative, with housing proposed for the Gardiner gravel pit site.

BILLINGS — Yellowstone National Park is doing some construction that officials hope will have a big impact on both current and future employees. Response: It would be impossible to provide in-park housing for all employees for the many reasons outlined in the EA and these responses to comments. Response: The Rideshare program reduces the risk of vehicular accidents because fewer employees are driving separate cars. The plan has several phases, including the rehabilitation of historic buildings and renovating non-historic ones.

And at Rocky Mountain National Park, the superintendent said that some employee housing was in such bad shape that it had to be shuttered. Receive our best conservation research bi-weekly—stunning photos, wins, and action alerts. Some of these trailers date back to the 1960s and are in very poor condition. The housing complex consists of 27 new one- and two-story structures providing housing and shared common spaces and a wellness center.

At the bottom of the Grand Canyon there is an Arizona Native Tribe, the Havasupai.

Response: While the park acknowledges this concern, housing options within Yellowstone are critically short. Most employees will be looking for temporary, (two to six months), housing, preferably furnished apartments or rooms with cooking privileges. Comment: The NPS should phase out the contractual obligation it currently has to provide housing for concession employees. Yellowstone National Park has initiated a major, multimillion-dollar housing improvement effort that will substantially upgrade National Park Service employee housing across the park. The area proposed for development in one of the alternatives of the 1997 plan would have potentially impacted this plant, but that area is not being considered in this plan. Comment: Title 16, Chapter 1, Subchapter I, Section 170, part 15 of the U.S. Code required that "Within 12 months after November 12, 1996, the Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of providing eligible employees of the NPS with housing allowances rather than government housing. ARG led a design team to construct new employee housing on a wooded, undeveloped site, adjacent to the Curry Village Historic District. “Our ability to attract and retain talent in Yellowstone is strongly tied to the availability and affordability of housing options in and around the park,” said Superintendent Cam Sholly in a press release from earlier this year. Comment: The EA does not address the additional burden placed on emergency services, particularly the potential need for additional fire apparatus as a result of many more wood-frame structures. This can exacerbate the widespread shortages of employee housing in and around parks—a serious problem for the many sites with limited or expensive rental options in surrounding communities, such as Acadia National Park in Maine, Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, and Golden Gate National Recreation Area in California. 2) Improve the condition of 150 non-trailer and non-historic housing units. At Indiana Dunes National Park, officials are looking for landlords with apartments to rent. Response: If suitable, the trailers and mobile dorms will be classified as excess property and sold at the GSA auction. ARG led a design team to construct new employee housing on a wooded, undeveloped site, adjacent to the Curry Village Historic District.

Yellowstone National Park, WY While working at a national park, you will be provided low cost housing and meals.