Hundreds of protesters gathered in Rocky Mountain National Park on Saturday to oppose the recent firings of approximately 1,000 National Park Service and over 3,000 U.S. Forest Service employees nationwide.

More than 150 gatherings took place Saturday at National Park Service sites nationwide. They were organized by a group of off-duty or former park service staff and seasonal employees.

That season begins May 1 and runs through October 31. Permits are sold online only — first come, first served — through recreation.gov. The cost of reservations is $36. A general guide to wilderness camping can be found on the Rocky Mountain National Park website.

I did something I thought I would never in my lifetime have to do. I traveled to my former workplace, Rocky Mountain National Park’s Beaver Meadows entrance, the gateway to one of the most magnificent places on earth,

The wilderness camping season runs from May through October when it transitions into winter camping. After Gene Hackman’s wife Betsy Arakawa was found dead with an open bottle of prescription pills near her body,