Night falls on the headquarters of Glacier National Park on Saturday, February 22, 2025. Although recent federal layoffs have impacted National Park Service personnel across the country, Glacier National Park remains largely unscathed. The park allegedly cut only three full time employees.

Headquarters of the National Park Service in Glacier National Park on Saturday, February 22, 2025.

National Park Ranger, Emily Erickson, leads a group of about 20 visitors on a guided snowshoe tour of Glacier National Park on Saturday, February 22, 2025.

Recently terminated Glacier National Park employee, Henry Rincavage, 29, poses for a portrait in Columbia Falls, Montana, on Saturday, February 22, 2025. Rincavage worked on a two year grant funded position for the National Park Service as a museum specialist.

Mountain storms along Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park on Saturday, February 22, 2025. Glacier National Park was established as the tenth national park in 1910. The park typically ranks in the top 15 for annual visitation.

Wildfire scars along the North Fork of the Flathead River on the western edge of Glacier National Park on Sunday, February 23, 2025.

Visitors walk along the frozen shores of Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park on Saturday, February 22, 2025. The NPS reported approximately 3,208,754 million people visited Glacier National Park in 2024, according to preliminary data from the National Park Service Visitation Unit.

Mason Rufeh, 17, visiting from Los Angeles, California, prepares for a cold plunge into Lake McDonald as his family and visitors watch nearby in Glacier National Park on Saturday, February 22, 2025.

Mason Rufeh, 17, after a cold plunge into Lake McDonald at Glacier National Park on Saturday, February 22, 2025.

A photographer stops for a picture along the frozen shores of Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park on Saturday, February 22, 2025.

Members of the public cross the road on a guided snowshoe tour in Glacier National Park on Saturday, February 22, 2025.

The Reagan family, who were visiting from Los Angeles, California, brought their nine-month-old daughter to Glacier for her first visit to a national park on Saturday, February 22, 2025.

Aerial views of the Northern Region Headquarters of the U.S. Forest Service in Missoula, Montana, on Friday, February 21, 2025. The USFS, which is divided into nine regions, manages about one quarter of federal lands. The Northern Region oversees six states, including Montana and North Dakota, and parts of Idaho, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming.

Recently terminated U.S. Forest Service Forestry Technician, Brendan Howell, 25, poses for a portrait in his apartment in Missoula, Montana, on Friday, February 21, 2025. "I went into full on panic mode last Thursday [February 13]," Howell said. Howell used to work as a wildland firefighter, but recently monitored small carnivoes, like lynx and wolverine, for the Bitterroot National Forest.

A U.S. Forest Service badge on Brendan Howell, 25, a recently terminated Bitterroot National Forest employee, outside of Missoula, Montana, on Friday, February 21, 2025.

Brendan Howell, 25, pulls up his termination letter from the Bitterroot National Forest in his apartment in Missoula, Montana, on Friday, February 21, 2025. Howell does not plan to work for the federal government again, although he believes this is the intended effect of the layoffs.

The moon rises outside the U.S. Forest Service Northern Region Headquarters in Missoula, Montana, on Thursday, February 20, 2025.

Recently terminated U.S. Forest Service Forestry Technician, Brendan Howell, 25, poses for a portrait in his apartment in Missoula, Montana, on Friday, February 21, 2025. Howell spent four years studying wildlife biology and three years working towards a permanent position only to see his future evaporate in a week.

Greg Koniges, 38, checks in with his son Lafe Koniges, 7, after a cross country skiing fall at the Pattee Canyon National Recreation Area, which is a part of Lolo National Forest, outside of Missoula, Montana, on Thursday, February 20, 2025.

Lafe Koniges, 7, gets help putting his cross country skis on from his dad, Greg Koniges, 38, at the Pattee Canyon National Recreation Area, which is a part of Lolo National Forest, outside of Missoula, Montana, on Thursday, February 20, 2025. The U.S. Forest Service manages about one quarter of federal lands.