Land management agency impact stories...

[BuzzH]

Need to keep the stories coming, if you have them post them up. I've been compiling a bunch. If its anything else, put a cork in it.

US Forest Service and National Park Service to fire thousands of workers

Agencies say Trump’s latest push to trim government could impede firefighting efforts and create crises at national parks

www.theguardian.com

 

[BuzzH]

These people protected US forests and lands. Their jobs have now vanished due to Trump

Former federal employees devastated by president’s mass firings: ‘We’re at risk of losing our public lands to the billionaire agenda’

www.theguardian.com

 

[ismith]

Well, I recall a Forest Circus cop ticketing a bunch of illegal Christmas tree cutters along a certain stretch of FS road in the Big Belts one year. We had a permit, so it was less than water under the bridge for me, but the next year the FS paid some seasonal employees to clear all the brush (i.e. Christmas trees) along that certain FS road.

 

[BuzzH]

‘A cascading effect’: Forest Service, Park Service workers who lost jobs amid mass layoffs explain rippling fallout

Layoffs are coming fast from the Trump administration at the direction of its Department of Government Efficiency, led by Elon Musk.

montanafreepress.org

 

[BuzzH]

https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2025/02/19/parks-forest-service-cuts-washington-state

 

[BuzzH]

Fired Forest Service, Park Service workers say cuts will be felt on fire lines

Fired U.S. National Forest and National Parks employees are speaking out about the mass layoffs by the Trump administration.

abcnews.go.com

 

[BuzzH]

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 helped battle wildfires.

www.usatoday.com

 

[BuzzH]

Good one from meateater:

Laid-Off Forest Service Workers Describe Dismal Future for Public Lands

Last week, the Trump Administration fired 3,400 Forest Service employees across the country. The firings targeted employees in probationary periods regardless of their length of service with the agency. Positions terminated included new hires and mid- and upper-level employees who recently took...

www.themeateater.com

 

[BuzzH]

National Park Service restores some jobs of fired employees, pledges to hire 7,700 seasonal workers - East Idaho News

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is restoring jobs for dozens of National Park Service employees fired amid government-wide reductions and hiring nearly 3,000 additional seasonal workers, following an uproar over an aggressive plan to downsize the agency. At least 50 jobs are being...

www.eastidahonews.com

 

[BuzzH]

‘What I'm passionate about’: Kansas woman terminated from Forest Service as Trump cuts workforce

Kaylee Fritchen has worked at the U.S. Forestry Service since 2022, spending half the year undertaking intense manual labor to clear trails in an Idaho forest.

www.kmuw.org

 

[Dougfirtree]

Not a news story, but I heard from a friend in the FS that he had to submit an email this weekend, justifying his position and outlining what he did the week before. Sounds to me like the provisionals were just part 1…

 

[Paisano]

It’s true and it’s in the news. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/el...mployees-fill-out-productivity-reports-resign