Forest Service Layoffs and Frozen Funds Increase the Risk From Wildfires
The Trump administration’s decision to fire 3,400 workers and pause funds used for wildfire prevention comes as wildfires are ...
‘Slap in the face’: Oregon, Washington Forest Service employees speak on layoffs
The United States Forest Service and the National Park Service is starting to see layoffs due to the Trump administration’s ...
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Montanans, workers warn mass Forest Service layoffs will impact public lands, recreation
Former employees say the quality of Montana's recreation, tourism and the outdoors industries will suffer after more than 300 ...
'An 8-person hugging tree': Nebraska now boasts largest cottonwood in the United States
It’s not very assuming until you get right up to it and you see how big that trunk is. You’re like ‘Holy cow, that’s a big ...
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U.S. Forest Service to conduct prescribed burn in Wayne County Friday
PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - Wayne County residents may notice smokey skies on Friday due to a prescribed burn by the U.S.
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'A lot at stake': Forest Service terminations cast uncertainty over Custer Gallatin partnerships
We don’t know our status, will our partners still be there? Will the key people that we’ve worked with for over a decade still be there. If these cuts result ...
Hiring freeze of firefighters could be 'deadly,' Forest Service captain warns
A freeze on the hiring and onboarding of thousands of federal firefighters could have deadly consequences as the national ...
US Forest Service layoffs hit popular hiking areas in King County
Because of federal firings, the Forest Service is not staffing the Sno-Park, which is now closed, along with the parking lot.