The U.S. Forest Service, which stewards 193 million acres of public lands from Alaska to Florida, was in trouble even before Trump took office. Chronically understaffed, the service was already under a Biden-era hiring freeze, all the while on the front lines of fighting and recovering from back-to-back climate disasters across the country.
More than 90 United States Forest Service workers in Colorado were laid off this month due to an order passed down from the Trump Administration. The United States Department of Agriculture said that they are part of the more than 2,
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released a statement regarding the firing of approximately 2,000 probationary, non-firefighting employees from the U.S. F
The U.S. Forest Service fired 2,000 probationary workers. The agency says none were "operational firefighters," but some helped battle wildfires.
A University of Wyoming graduate has been picked as the new head of the U.S. Forest Service. Wyoming’s congressional delegation says Tom Schultz