The superintendent of Yellowstone National Park says he’s being forced out of his job. Daniel Wenk was informed on Tuesday that the National Park Service will replace him this August.
“I’m feeling like I devoted 43 years of my life, I think I have a record of achievement with the National Park Service that at the end of the day doesn’t matter and that I’m no longer wanted at Yellowstone National Park,” Wenk told Yellowstone Public Radio.
Wenk recently announced he would retire from running the park in March 2019 instead of accepting a new assignment in Washington, D.C. But then this week, he said National Park Service Acting Director P. Daniel Smith gave him an ultimatum: take the new position in D.C. or retire early.
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