Experienced workers, not just rookies, get cut as Trump slashes probationary employees
President Donald Trump has been cutting probationary employees as part of his effort to downsize the federal workforce.
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.
Federal job cuts hit Monongahela National Forest
As the Trump Administration continues in its plan to shrink the federal government, job cuts are starting to hit West ...
New Mexico officials express alarm as Forest Service sees large layoffs
New Mexico's federal lawmakers are sounding the alarm, about the Trump Administration's firing of thousands of U.S. Forest ...
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Federal worker firings hit western N.C.'s public lands
Western North Carolina is home to more than a million acres of national forest controlled by the Forest Service. In addition, ...
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Federal cuts to Forest Service affect thousands
Following directives from President Trump, thousands of U.S. Forest Service employees have received termination letters in the last week, in some cases ending decades-long careers. The firings are ...