CLEVELAND — The Cuyahoga Valley National Park, a gem of Northeast Ohio, has been faced with hiring freezes and layoffs since January. Here's the deal behind those billboards about the Cuyahoga Valley National Park

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Pam Machuga started working for the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in 1991. Machuga decided to take early retirement in April, following hiring freezes and layoffs that had plagued federal workers at the start of the year.

Four probationary workers were laid off at that time, and hiring was paused for any vacant positions at CVNP. Machuga said visitors might have noticed some effects of this.

"If you were hiking the park in April and May, you probably noticed the gras

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