In a letter announcing his retirement, Forest Service Chief Randy Moore expressed frustration over the decision to fire thousands of employees.
U.S. Rep. Judy Chu, D-Monterey Park, was among dozens of lawmakers urging the Trump administration Wednesday to reverse its decision to fire 3,400 federal workers from the U.S. Forest Service, which manages 193 million acres of public lands.
The federal government recently laid off thousands of employees within the United States Forest Service (NFS) and the National Park Service (NPS) after President Donald Trump’s directive to cut spending.
Fired U.S. National Forest and National Parks employees are speaking out about the mass layoffs by the Trump administration.
As heavy rain from a large storm subsided, officials in Southern California said rock and mudslides remain a threat.
Thousands of employees with the U.S. Forest Service were fired over the weekend, including some in Southern Oregon and Northern California.
Thousands of National Park and Forest workers are being fired as the federal government cuts back on spending.
Thousands of Park Service and Forest Service employees have been fired, leaving few left to clean bathrooms, maintain trails ,or save lives.
U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, USDA Forest Service Chief Randy Moore, and Sierra Pacific Industries CEO Mark Emmerson announced a $75 million Stewardship
A freeze on the hiring and onboarding of thousands of federal firefighters could have deadly consequences as the national wildfire response operates at a "diminished capacity," a federal firefighting captain told NBC News.