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Photos: Hundreds gather at Yellowstone National Park to protest job layoffs

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Isabel Spartz/MTN News

Hundreds gathered near the Roosevelt Arch outside of Yellowstone National Park to protest federal layoffs within the National Park Service.

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By: Isabel Spartz

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GARDINER — Hundreds gathered at the North entrance of Yellowstone National Park Saturday afternoon to protest layoffs within the National Park Service.

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The display was part of a nationwide effort of organized protests at all 433 U.S. national parks on March 1.

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Protests over National Park Service layoffs grow in Montana

Approximately 3,400 U.S. Forest Service and 1,000 National Park Service employees were recently fired. The cuts were part of the Trump administration's efforts to downsize the federal workforce.

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