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Colorado relies on search and rescue groups to keep people safe in the backcountry, but officials say they're struggling to keep up with recent changes at the federal level.

At least 44,500 federal workers are in Colorado. According to federal data, most work in-person at the office for some or all of the work week. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Tamara Chuang, and then read The Colorado Sun story at the link below.

Avalanche centers across our region were exempted from a U.S. Forest Service hiring pause for seasonal workers.

Local governments including Summit County, Eagle County, Pitkin County, Chaffee County and the towns of Vail and Aspen provide funds to U.S. Forest Service seasonal positions impacted by the hiring freeze.

The Partnership for Public Service, a nonpartisan nonprofit, recently released its annual rankings of the best places to work in the federal government. It found that working at a national park is no picnic.

Some 53,000 of the Social Security Administration's employees are working from home. And the agency's backlog of pending cases has fallen by 11% since March 23.

At least 196 furloughed federal employees in Colorado have applied for unemployment benefits from the state, a number that will likely rise as the…