The National Park Service will resume hiring seasonal workers after a freeze on hiring for the positions prompted nationwide outcry.

As the National Park Service copes with job cuts ordered by the Trump administration, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument announced it will close two days per week due to “lack of

Colorado had nearly 5,000 employees working for public lands and wildlife agencies before federal employees' terminations hit last week.

The mayor of the Northern Colorado town of Estes Park said he fears there could be economic impacts to his community if the Trump administration moves forward with layoffs to the National Park Service.

According to the National Parks Conservation Association, about 400 people took the federal buyout, and about 1,000 more were laid off. Despite a hiring freeze, the Department of the Interior reinstated 5,000 seasonal employees last week, and now they’re signing off on more than 2,000 more.

At least 90 U.S. Forest Service employees in Colorado have been fired as part of the Trump administration's push to downsize the federal workforce, Gov. Jared Polis said Friday. Why it matters: State leaders warn the cuts — part of a nationwide reduction of 3,

With over 24 million acres - over a third of Colorado - held as public land, the news last week of mass firings in some of the agencies tasked with managing it has prompted concerns about the capacity of remaining employees to regulate use and prevent deadly wildfires.