For Star subscribers: Saguaro National Park saw its sixth busiest year on record in 2024, but Park Service employees been told to downplay visitation figures amid the Trump administration's ongoing federal workforce reductions.
Henry Brean
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Henry joined the Star in 2019 after 25 years at Nevada newspapers. A Tucson native, he graduated from Amphi and earned a journalism degree from the University of Missouri. He wrote about the environment for the Las Vegas Review-Journal for 16 years.
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