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.
Update: Clear Fire in Los Angeles County – Feb. 9 status
Clear Fire initially started 5:09 p.m. Jan. 18 in Los Angeles County. It has been burning on federal land managed by the ...
How Trump’s mass layoffs raise the risk of wildfires in the US West, according to fired workers
The layoffs of U.S. Forest Service employees mean fewer people and less resources to help prevent and fight wildfires.
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A federal biologist learned he was fired while whale watching. Here’s his story (and warning)
As he grieves a job he loved and figures out what’s next, he has a warning for the public: National forests and the ...
The US is now at greater risk of deadlier wildfires—even worse than the one in Los Angeles. Here's why
Massive layoffs in the U.S. Forest Service have drastically reduced resources and personnel, which could severely impact ...
Trump wants states to clean up forests to stop wildfires. But his administration cut off funds
President Donald Trump’s administration is holding up money for wildfire mitigation projects funded through legislation ...
'Nobody left': California mountain towns are in trouble after thousands of Forest Service jobs cut
Michelle Beutler cleared 67 trees off a U.S. Forest Service road in two days. It was the spring of 2023, after a record-breaking winter in the Stanislaus National Forest in California’s Sierra Nevada.