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Mar 6, 2025 · Forest Service braces for up to 7,000 layoffs. By Marc Heller | 03/06/2025 01:45 PM EST ... one Forest Service employee told POLITICO’s E&E News on Wednesday, “We are sheep headed to slaughter ...

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Jan 6, 2025 · GREENWIRE | The Forest Service enters the new year with an array of headaches: worsening wildfires, destructive storm damage to Southeast forests and a budget gap so deep that the agency’s stopped hiring seasonal workers to help maintain its 193 million acres of forest.

Feb 26, 2025 · U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore told employees he will be retiring from the agency in the upcoming weeks amid ongoing cuts by President Donald Trump's administration.

Feb 13, 2025 · The U.S. Forest Service will fire roughly 3,400 federal employees across every level of the agency beginning Thursday, according to two people familiar with the plans.

Jan 27, 2025 · Here are Forest Service Chief Randy Moore’s comments on postponing the all-employees call: As we work to implement Office of Personnel Management and USDA guidance for new executive orders, the Executive Leadership Team and I have decided to postpone tomorrow’s Chief’s all-employee call until USDA and the USDA Natural Resources and ...

Sep 25, 2024 · The U.S. Forest Service says it will not hire seasonal employees in the next fiscal year because of expected cuts to its budget, just as fire seasons grow longer, hotter and deadlier.

Feb 21, 2025 · Fired US Forest Service and National Park Service workers say cuts will be felt on fire lines. A union official said many employees held dual jobs, including fighting fires.

U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz today issued the following statement on the passage of H.R.1968 - Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025. “I am deeply grateful to Congress for passing the continuing resolution and making the wildland firefighter pay reform a reality,” said Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz.