A photograph accurately shows a U.S. "distress" flag hung upside down from the side of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park by a group of employees.

A group of climbers, some who used to work for the Park Service, intended to raise awareness about how recent federal job cuts could threaten the country’s parks.

Five ways you can take action today to support national parks nationwide amid the layoffs of thousands of National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service personnel.