On Monday, hundreds of people gathered outside Rocky Mountain National Park to protest the reported layoffs of U.S. Forest Service and National Park Service employees that happened on Thursday, as reported by Denver Gazette news partner 9News.

The protest started around 10 a.m., and lasted for several hours. People gathered to voice their support for the Forest Service and National Park Service employees.

Many people were out protesting for personal reasons, like 11-year-old Stori Adams. Her mother works for the National Forest Service, and they live in Colorado park housing.

“There’s going to be no park if we fire the park employees,” Adams said. “If my mom’s job gets impacted, or she gets fired, that could mean that I lose my house, and we find somewhere else to live.”

Adams’ mom couldn’t be with her, so her grandmother went with her to the protest.

“It’s just really scary to think that I could lose my house,” Adams said.

Kristen DeSantis was also out protesting, but she was representing her son and his girlfriend, who are worried about the future.

“My son’s girlfriend, she still has her job. She’s seasonal but she’s in limbo,” DeSantis said.

DeSantis decided to wear her son’s name and jacket, in his honor. Then his friends and strangers wanted representation.

“I put this out there saying, ‘If you want your name on the jacket, let me know,'” DeSantis said, wearing her son’s jacket with dozens of other employees’ names pinned on. “I got such a huge response. People from California, Arizona, Michigan.”

All wanting to share the same message.

“We want their jobs back, summer’s coming. It’s going to be crazy here,” DeSantis said. “Without the rangers and the seasonal workers, it’s just going to be a mess.”