Trump says he wants our country to have ‘the cleanest water in the world,’ but staff cuts on public lands moves us in the ...

Orange County, one of California’s wealthiest coastal regions, is missing out on millions in previously promised federal funds this year, part of a complex cost-cutting measure enacted by national ...

In a letter sent to employees Wednesday and obtained by USA TODAY ... in the Forest Service. Before becoming chief, he was a regional forester in the Pacific Southwest region in California ...

A controlled burn was planned for the mountains north of Lake Elsinore, in unincorporated Corona, according to Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department. Drift smoke may be smelled, and a column of ...

Extra money has always gone to counties with large amounts of federal land that can’t be taxed. Congress failed to include it in the upcoming budget.

The $989,400 grant from the federal agency was intended for the removal of waste and of infrastructure illegally diverting ...

Authorities positively identified the remains of an off-duty Forest Service firefighter last seen nearly five years ago in the Big Bear area. Carlos Alexander Baltazar, 35, a member of the United ...

Almost 4,000 campsites across many of California’s 18 national forests could close for part or all of the summer season, according to an internal United States Forest Service spreadsheet viewed ...

before he joined the United States Forest Service in 1981. He also served as regional forester in the Pacific Southwest, overseeing 18 national forests in California. Despite the devastating cuts ...

"However, he and others he used to work with have been laid off due to government layoffs happening nationwide.Those who have been laid off received an email from the U.S. Forest Service saying ...