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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Cy Neff

Federal layoffs hit the deep-red, rural US west: ‘Our public lands are under threat’

a calf and cow moose walk along a river
Grand Teton national park near Moose, Wyoming, last year. Photograph: Amber Baesler for The Washington Post via Getty Images

Republican representative McKay Erickson walked through the halls of the Wyoming capitol with a Trump 2024 pin on the front of his suit jacket. Much of Erickson’s home district in Lincoln county falls under the jurisdiction of the Bridger-Teton national forest and Grand Teton national park.

With that federal land, comes federal workers. While it appears districts in Wyoming crucial to US energy dominance have been spared the brunt of the layoffs, McKay said his forest-heavy district has not been so fortunate. He’s hearing from his constituents about the layoffs, and he’s troubled about the implications for his district’s future.

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