Florissant Fossil Beds will only be open five days a week — it will close Mondays and Tuesday due to “lack of staffing.”

The National Park Service is entering uncharted territory. President Donald Trump's administration abruptly fired 1,000 employees from the agency last week, accounting for about 5 percent of its workforce.

Colorado had nearly 5,000 employees working for public lands and wildlife agencies before federal employees' terminations hit last week.