The Trump administration is seeking to lay off nearly 200 Coloradans who work for the Department of the Interior managing public lands and conducting ecological research. The planned cuts were outlined in a filing made public Monday in an ongoing federal court case stemming from a lawsuit by two labor unions seeking to halt the layoffs. In total, the department plans to eliminate more than 2,000 jobs across the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Geological Survey and the department’s administrative offices.

Other Interior Department news:

• USA Today: Interior Department reveals plans to cut over 2,000 jobs. See affected agencies.
• The Hill: Planned Trump staffing cuts loom over National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife, Land Management
• NPR: Delayed for now, ex-leaders say cuts to the Interior Department would be disastrous
• Inside Climate News: Trump targets federal employees working on conservation and environmental protection