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

The hiring freeze exemption comes after congressional Democrats and conservation groups warned that national parks could be short-staffed this summer.

The Golden Gate National Recreation Area, the Bay Area’s sprawling national park that encompasses tourist meccas such as Alcatraz Island and Crissy Field, fired at least 10 workers this month. The employees were among the 1,

Visitors to Colorado’s national parks this summer could find dirty bathrooms and closures at visitor centers and campgrounds if a federal hiring freeze does not thaw.

The two decisions underscore the confusing — and at times contradictory — nature of the new administration’s efforts to shrink the federal workforce.

The National Park Service has been given permission to hire "certain positions" previously blocked by President Trump's freeze on government hiring, though the agency didn't say which positions it can fill.

Thousands of seasonal jobs at national parks across the U.S. are on hold on orders from the Trump Administration, leaving park workers with more questions than answers.

Federal layoffs from the Trump administration continue across national parks, but a hiring freeze at Acadia National Park is now on hold. Acadia can continue to hire seasonal employees after Sen. Susan Collins stepped in.