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Amid a backdrop of federal workforce upheaval and ongoing staffing shortages, both the SNRA Ranger Station and Headquarters ...
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Under the leadership of President Trump, we at the U.S. Department of Agriculture are letting foresters get back to work. At my direction, USDA’s Forest Service is thinning our overgrown forests and ...
One of Idaho’s most popular national forests plans to temporarily shutter two of its ranger stations before reopening them on ...
Robert Sanchez was named forest supervisor of Willamette National Forest, the lead job overseeing 1.6 million acres of iconic forest.
The Oregon Department of Forestry’s wildfire protection budget is set to rise to $127 million this year, a 12% increase ...
Public lands advocates worry visitors will get a misleading picture of parks and forests as staff scramble to keep up.
By Jordan Strickler University of Kentucky Kentucky’s forests, traditionally valued for their timber and recreation, could ...
The personnel declines and reshuffling of agencies come as climate change makes fires more severe and destructive.
To combat chronic and growing shortages of wildland firefighters, Oregon’s Congressional Democrats propose leveraging an ...
Scott Fitzwilliams had expected to retire as supervisor of the White River National Forest about this time next year, and he ...