The halt is hitting seasonal workers at parks, where staff shortages can mean fewer visitor programs, neglected bathrooms and closed trails.

Job offers have been rescinded and start dates pushed back just as firefighting staffing for the summer wildfire season was beginning, a union said.

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 Trump signed an executive order last month enacting a hiring freeze for federal employees. The memorandum is set to expire in 90 days for every department and agency besides the Internal

Senator Adam Schiff on Friday addressed concerns that the recent freeze on federal spending could have a profound impact on California, preventing the hiring of thousands of firefighters typically signed in the spring.

Trump’s executive order that he signed on January 20 does offer an exemption to positions related to “public safety” but somehow firefighters do not apply. According to NBC’s conversations with people working within the Bureau of Land Management,

Federal firefighters say they're at risk of losing their jobs after President Donald Trump froze federal hiring in an executive order in January.