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.
In a letter announcing his retirement, Forest Service Chief Randy Moore expressed frustration over the decision to fire thousands of employees.
Sierra Pacific Industries is launching a significant new initiative to combat wildfires in California and Oregon. The company, which has previously invested ov
Fired U.S. National Forest and National Parks employees are speaking out about the mass layoffs by the Trump administration.
Thousands of employees with the U.S. Forest Service were fired over the weekend, including some in Southern Oregon and Northern California.
Thousands of Park Service and Forest Service employees have been fired, leaving few left to clean bathrooms, maintain trails ,or save lives.
Kluwe had been protesting the city's decision to display a plaque that features the words "Magical," "Alluring," "Galvanizing" and "Adventurous" — which spells out MAGA.
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.
That work, which includes shredding of trees and vegetation, is to protect the community from wildfire as well as improve wildlife habitat. But with only a third of the project completed, those efforts are on hold,