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 ...
Trump fires federal workers who help fight forest fires weeks after historic LA blazes
The U.S. Forest Service fired 2,000 probationary workers. The agency says none were "operational firefighters," but some ...
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US Forest Service layoffs raise concerns over Colorado wildfires, economy
The USFS is already critically understaffed, and further employee cuts will have real and immediate consequences for Colorado ...
Nearly 100 Coloradans laid off from forest service, what this could mean for the state’s wildfire response
“It means that it’s an all hands on deck moment for the forest service, for wildland firefighters, who sacrificed so much to bravely protect communities. For farmland managers and for others in terms ...
How Trump's mass layoffs raise the risk of wildfires in the US West, according to fired workers
The termination letters that ended the careers of thousands of U.S. Forest Service employees mean fewer people and less ...
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Trump’s Cuts Could Make Parks and Forests More Dangerous, Employees Say
But, since Thursday, at least 3,000 employees have been laid off across the United States Forest Service and the National Park Service, part of a wave of Trump administration cuts to the federal ...
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TSF Story: Explainer: What’s behind a Hoosier National Forest management project controversy
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By Olivia O'Neal TheStatehouseFile.com February 18, 2025 On Feb ...
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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 ...