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

 

[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

 

[BuzzH]

100 Coloradans laid off from forest service, what this could mean for wildfire response

Nearly 100 Coloradans laid off from forest service, what this could mean for the state’s wildfire response

www.kktv.com

 

[TheTone]

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…

I’d love to see a 100% attended federal employee walk out for a couple days this week

 

[David58]

So much of this is speculation, we just don't know what is going to happen. And usually, it ain't as bad as I imagine it will be.

I'll go back to my coffee...

David
NM

 

[BuzzH]

National park closure....

Saguaro National Park visitor centers to close on Mondays

The park didn't give a reason for the closure but it comes after 1,000 National Park employees were laid off by the Trump administration.

www.12news.com

 

[BuzzH]

Protesters take to the streets in support of National Park workers who've lost their jobs after a chaotic week for the NPS

Hiring freezes by the Trump administration have cut thousands of temporary and full-time roles before the peak summer season

www.advnture.com

 

[BuzzH]

National Park Service employees at Yosemite laid off amid government cuts | abc30.com

Employees%20at%20Yosemite%20National%20Park%20are%20expressing%20their%20confusion%20and%20concern%20after%20learning%20they%20are%20out%20of%20a%20job.

abc30.com

 

[more_cowbell]

‘Now we walk past empty offices’

ADAMS — The energy at the Columbia Plateau Conservation Research Center is more subdued than normal.

www.lagrandeobserver.com

In addition to losing employees at the USDA agricultural research station in Adams, the U.S. Forest Service lost dozens of employees across Northeastern Oregon and about 2,000 workers nationwide.

A USDA spokesperson said much of the funding for these employees had come from temporary funding through former President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. “It’s unfortunate that the Biden administration hired thousands of people with no plan in place to pay them long term,” the spokesperson said. The sudden loss of workers in areas critical to Eastern Oregon, including research and forest trail maintenance, has left some people and organizations in the region reeling.

 

[Straight Arrow]

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.

Not much value to this post ... nor thread-related.

Buzz, thank-you for the news articles. They do illustrate ramifications already to this point.

 

[utah400elk]

https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-oversight.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2025-02-22.GEC%20to%20OPM-%20Ezell%20re%20Musk%20Email.pdf