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US Forest Service Chief Randy Moore Announces Retirement

US Forest Service Chief Randy Moore announces retirement due to recent mass firings of federal workers during Trump administration.

These people protected US forests and lands. Their jobs have now vanished due to Trump

Former federal employees devastated by president’s mass firings: ‘We’re at risk of losing our public lands to the billionaire agenda’

The Guardian - US · Feb 22, 2025

Forest Service Layoffs Threaten Wildfire Prevention Efforts

Forest Service layoffs raise concerns about wildfire prevention and public safety in the American West due to reduced resources and staffing cuts.

How Trump's mass layoffs raise the risk of wildfires in the US West, according to fired workers

The termination letters that ended the careers of thousands of U.S. Forest Service employees mean fewer people and less resources will be available to help prevent and fight wildfires

The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2025

Iconic American hiking trails under threat as Trump administration freezes maintenance funding and workers are sacked

Warnings that the Pacific Crest Trail could fall into disrepair come after thousands of jobs cut in the National Park Service and Forest Service

Advnture · Feb 20, 2025

Trump’s Funding and Hiring Freezes Leave America Vulnerable to Catastrophic Wildfire

Training has been limited and work to reduce flammable vegetation postponed. Some firefighters are leaving the force.

Capital & Main · Feb 18, 2025

US Forest Service and National Park Service to fire thousands of workers

Agencies say Trump’s latest push to trim government could impede firefighting efforts and create crises at national parks

The Guardian - US · Feb 15, 2025

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Lives on the line: Low pay has US wildland firefighters quitting

As wildfires get worse, firefighters are struggling to combat blazes and remain in a job with poor labour conditions.

Al Jazeera · Feb 15, 2025

200,000 Layoffs

Plus: Possible quid pro quo between the DOJ and Eric Adams, DEI in the federal government, and more...

Reason · Feb 14, 2025

A hidden gem of whitewater rafting faces an uncertain future after Hurricane Helene

Whitewater outfitters on the Nolichucky River are facing an uncertain future after Hurricane Helene devastated this scenic spot on the North Carolina-Tennessee border

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2025

How America courted increasingly destructive wildfires − and what that means for protecting homes today

The fires burning in the Los Angeles area are a powerful example of why humans have learned to fear wildfire. Fires can level entire neighborhoods in an instant. They can destroy communities, torch pristine forests and choke even faraway cities with toxic smoke.

The Conversation · Jan 16, 2025

What Is The Pink Stuff Coating Fire-ravaged Los Angeles?

Above the roaring fires devastating parts of Los Angeles is an incongruous sight: air tankers dropping gallons of bright red and Barbie-pink slurry over forest, homes, cars, and anything else that might lie in the blazes' path.

International Business Times · Jan 15, 2025

What's in the pink fire retardant being dropped on LA, and is it dangerous?

Parts of Southern California are covered with pink fire retardant as firefighters try to control deadly wildfires raging in Los Angeles. But what is Phos-Chek fire retardant and is it safe?

LiveScience · Jan 14, 2025

Aerial Fire Suppressants: Safety Concerns And Environmental Impact

Learn about the use of hot-pink fire suppressant in combating wildfires in Los Angeles and its impact on humans and wildlife.

Pink flame retardants are being used to slow California fires. What do we know about them?

Aircraft battling fires raging through the Los Angeles area are dropping more than water: Hundreds of thousands of gallons of hot-pink fire suppressant have been dumped ahead of the flames in a desperate effort to stop them before they destroy more neighborhoods

Reason · Jan 9, 2025

A Failed State

Plus: Israeli hostage update, ultraprocessed childhoods, and more...

RideApart · Dec 27, 2024

Snowmobile Avalanche Reports Are Being Affected By the Forest Service's Budget Cuts

Earlier this year, I spoke about how recent Forest Service budget cuts are set to make public land use all the worse. How the trails we ride or use, how fire mitigation and seasonal workers would be affected by the nearly $750 million cut. But based on a report from…

RideApart · Dec 18, 2024

Snowmobiler Asks the Supreme Court to Throw Out Sentence for Doing Something Stupid

There's an old saying, "Play stupid games, win stupid prizes." It's something that everyone should really live by and means if you know something is stupid, illegal, or wrong and you do it anyway, you shouldn't be surprised when it comes back to bite you in the ass. Nor should…

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RideApart · Dec 5, 2024

Hushin's Brian McElrea Talks About How UTVs Help Them Hunt Harder

Full stop, hunting is hard. It's beyond hard. It's the sort of Type 2 fun where you repeatedly ask yourself, "Why the hell am I doing this?" That's usually after you've climbed 2,000 vertical feet in under two miles with 50 pounds of gear on your back, just for you to…

RideApart · Dec 3, 2024

Feds Sue Colorado Cult Over Barbed Wire Fencing on Public Land

In an era where we have countless public lands enemies, whether its mining operations, mass logging, housing developers, federal and state governments, among many others, I didn't have cults on my Bingo card. Yet, here we are.

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2024

Feds want to allow more logging in Pacific Northwest to help curtail wildfires

The proposed plan also calls for closer cooperation between the Forest Service and Native American tribes to tap into tribal knowledge about forest management

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2024

More logging is proposed to help curb wildfires in the US Pacific Northwest

U.S. officials are proposing increased logging on federal lands across the Pacific Northwest under changes to a sweeping forest management plan that’s been in place for three decades

The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2024

Whistleblower sounds alarm about destruction of tribal sites in North Carolina

A career archaeologist with the U.S. Forest Service says managers have been engaging in irresponsible and illegal behavior that has resulted in damage to Native American sites across the forested slopes of North Carolina

LiveScience · Nov 8, 2024

Pando: The world's largest tree and heaviest living organism

Pando is a giant aspen clone in central Utah that has been regrowing parts of itself for up to 80,000 years — but new threats mean the plant is now in decline.

The Independent UK · Nov 5, 2024

Republicans blame California for wildfires — and ignore the role of the fossil fuel companies funding them

The production of fossil fuels is responsible for more extreme climate events that fuel vegetation growth — and wildfires

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