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Opinion: Congress’ Fix Our Forests Act will remove environmental checks that keep wildfires from spreading
This isn’t just raking pine needles. The Fix Our Forests Act includes industrial-scale commercial logging and heavy livestock grazing. By removing the environmental checks it bypasses the critical ...
'Nobody left': California mountain towns are in trouble after thousands of Forest Service jobs cut
Michelle Beutler cleared 67 trees off a U.S. Forest Service road in two days. It was the spring of 2023, after a record-breaking winter in the Stanislaus National Forest in California’s Sierra Nevada.
How Trump’s mass layoffs raise risk of more destructive wildfires in West, workers say
Workers who maintained trails, removed combustible debris from forests, supported firefighters and secured money for wildfire ...
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How Trump's mass layoffs raise risk of wildfires in US West
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, raising the ...
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Environmental Groups Praise Plan to Conserve Coastal Redwoods, Expand Protected Land
Purchase of Monte Rio Redwoods in Sonoma County will help California achieve its goal to protect 30% of lands and coastal waters by 2030.
Trump’s federal cuts place California’s public lands, including Yosemite, in peril | Opinion
An archeologist assigned to the Hume Lake Ranger District east of Fresno, Wingate is among thousands of US Forest Service and ...