More than 500 people were demonstrated on the Flagstaff City Hall lawn on Monday in opposition to the layoffs of thousands of federal workers in the Trump administration.

It is still unknown how many workers in northern Arizona have lost their jobs.

Many of the protesters were wearing federal agency hats and shirts that had experienced recent layoffs.

However, Jim Landar had duct tape covering his hat with the word “end” written in Sharpie.

Landhar was one of the unknown number of people fired at Grand Canyon National Park.

“It’s more than a job. I care very deeply about the Grand Canyon area. This area of ​​northern Arizona. I have a family here. And you look at your national park, It’s natural and wonderful, but it’s also a human-driven wonder. It needs people,” says Landar. “I was to be in the canyon today to work on a restoration project for our visitors, for the health of our ecosystems in the Grand Canyon.”

Landhar said that his home in Grand Canyon Village is also linked to his employment means that he could lose his home.

He says the layoffs have shaken up a small community of national park employees, primarily the national park.

“It sent shockwaves into the town itself, and I think everyone is gathering around the first wave of this first cut, as people are expecting more. So we all together We are united and we are all stuck in our small town,” says Landar.

Landhar says he has been working in the park since 2022, but his first full-time position will end Friday, with the Trump administration putting all employees on probation positions to multiple federal agencies I was instructed to put it there.

This includes most employees who have taken a new job within the last year, or those who are veterans or have disabilities.

Corina Haynes is also at the rally, saying multiple generations of her family work for the federal government.

She says she believed that she would always follow that tradition to federal services, but now she’s not that sure.

“I’m scared of my family working for the federal government. I’m scared of myself as someone who wants to pursue a career in government, but now I feel like I can’t. So my whole future is upside down. I feel like I’ve done it. It’s a scary time,” Haynes says.

Coconino and Kaibabu National Forest, US Geological Survey, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Environmental Protection Agency and the Indian Health Service have not responded to Knau’s request for comment.

A spokesman for Grand Canyon National Park said he could not answer questions.