Washington state is home to three national parks that rely on seasonal workers in the summer when there are hundreds of thousands of visitors.

President Donald Trump’s first two weeks in office sent shock waves through the National Park Service, a 20,000-strong agency of park rangers and desk jockeys who oversee some of the nation’s most beloved lands.

This is how long the hiring freeze will last and the implications for federal employees, those with job offers and college graduates and students.

The president is throwing the federal government, and the welfare of the men and women who fought for the nation, into chaos

Democrats previously hit out at the president's federal hiring freeze for hindering the "number one safety issue" in aviation.

A Trump administration hiring freeze is turning many experienced National Park, Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management seasonal workers to other industries.