Forest Service Layoffs and Frozen Funds Increase the Risk From Wildfires
The Trump administration’s decision to fire 3,400 workers and pause funds used for wildfire prevention comes as wildfires are ...
Forest Service using the threat of wildfires to meet timber targets
The agency has sought to minimize environmental oversight, and critics say the agency also has become incentivized to cut ...
Trump wants states to clean up forests to stop wildfires. But his administration cut off funding.
The decision undermines Trump’s repeated insistence that communities need to clear combustible materials like fallen branches ...
MyNorthwest.com2d
Maine train derailment that led to injuries and forest fire was caused by beaver dam, officials say
SANDWICH ACADEMY GRANT TOWNSHIP, Maine (AP) — A train derailment in rural Maine that spilled hundreds of gallons of fuel and ...
Forest Service among agencies hit by mass layoffs after Trump inauguration
Thousands of employees with the U.S. Forest Service were fired this week as part of the Trump Administration's efforts to cut ...
Trump administration fires over 400 DHS employees as mass firings continue
The Trump administration on Friday moved to fire more than 400 employees at the Department of Homeland Security, the latest ...
KOIN Portland on MSN4d
Oregon saw a record wildfire season in 2024. Now, senators warn fire mitigation is at risk
Months after Oregon’s historic wildfire season burned nearly two million acres of land, destroyed dozens of homes, and ...
TMCnet1d
Conservation X Labs announces 24 technical semi-finalists for its Fire Grand Challenge
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Twenty-four innovations in fire management have been selected as semi-finalists with a chance of winning a share of over $1,000,000 as part of the ...