Elon Musk, urged by President Donald Trump to "be more aggressive" in driving a reduction in federal employment, has told National Park Service workers to justify their positions in weekly emails or resign.

Federal workers across several agencies are losing their jobs at a breakneck pace. In Montana, Wyoming and Idaho — across Greater Yellowstone and beyond — employees with the U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service and more are concerned their positions may be on the chopping block. The layoffs are coming fast from the Trump administration at the direction of its Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, led by billionaire and Tesla founder Elon Musk.

Tonight” host spotted a “very apt metaphor” in the tech billionaire’s on-stage prop choice at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

The Trump administration is restoring jobs for dozens of fired National Park Service employees and hiring nearly 3,000 additional seasonal workers, following an uproar over an aggressive plan to downsize the agency.

Guided tours at Carlsbad Caverns National Park have been suspended, an Albuquerque-based tribal college has no tutors left and veterans could face paperwork delays after President Donald Trump dramatically cut the federal workforce.

This mass firing has been compared to President Bill Clinton’s reducing the government headcount by 351,000 positions — or about 20 percent. “The era of big government is over,” Clinton said in 1996.

News outlets throughout the country warn that vacationers’ experiences this summer at national parks and forests could be negatively impacted by recent firings by President Trump and Elon Musk.