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Forest Service Layoffs Threaten Wildfire Prevention Efforts

Forest Service layoffs raise concerns about wildfire prevention and public safety in the American West due to reduced resources and staffing cuts.

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How Trump's mass layoffs raise the risk of wildfires in the US West, according to fired workers

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

The Independent UK

Lives on the line: Low pay has US wildland firefighters quitting

As wildfires get worse, firefighters are struggling to combat blazes and remain in a job with poor labour conditions.

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How satellites and AI help fight wildfires today

As wind-driven wildfires spread through the Los Angeles area in January 2025, fire-spotting technology and computer models were helping firefighters understand the rapidly changing environment they were facing.

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How America courted increasingly destructive wildfires − and what that means for protecting homes today

The fires burning in the Los Angeles area are a powerful example of why humans have learned to fear wildfire. Fires can level entire neighborhoods in an instant. They can destroy communities, torch pristine forests and choke even faraway cities with toxic smoke.

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Angeles National Forest Closed Indefinitely To Prevent Wildfires

Angeles National Forest closed by US Forest Service to prevent wildfires, violators face fines.

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Eaton Fire Cause Under Investigation By Multiple Agencies

Ongoing investigation into the cause of the Eaton fire led by authorities in collaboration with US Forest Service arson investigators.

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Whistleblower sounds alarm about destruction of tribal sites in North Carolina

A career archaeologist with the U.S. Forest Service says managers have been engaging in irresponsible and illegal behavior that has resulted in damage to Native American sites across the forested slopes of North Carolina

The Independent UK

Federal Government Cuts US Forest Service Budget, Your Trails and Outdoors Will Suffer

After requesting a budget commensurate with inflation and better forest and public lands management, the federal government said "Take a hike" to the US Forest Service. Too bad no one will be able to really do that next year.

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Fire Season’s Front-Line Workers Get Organized

Firefighters credit a perfect storm of more fires, low wages and dangerously high turnover rates for the trend.

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Dog Leads Rescue After Man Crashes In Oregon Ravine

A loyal dog's heroic actions aid in the successful rescue of its owner after a car crash in a remote ravine in northeastern Oregon.

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Miracle escape for man in horror crash after dog walks miles on its own to get help

The dog traveled nearly four miles to help its owner get rescued

The Independent UK

US rock climbers in meltdown over National Park Service’s proposed crackdown on fixed anchors

The National Park Service and US Forest Service are proposing new regulations on fixed anchors that climbers fear could profoundly affect the sport

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The scariest animals to encounter on a hike (and how to handle them)

What's that rustling behind you? A bear? A rattlesnake? Or just a marmot?

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The Conversation

What the extreme fire seasons of 1910 and 2020 – and 2,500 years of forest history – tell us about the future of wildfires in the West

Strong winds blew across mountain slopes after a record-setting warm, dry summer. Small fires began to blow up into huge conflagrations. Towns in crisis scrambled to escape as fires bore down.

The Independent UK

Violent sting ops, wasted millions, and an unbothered Biden: The crackdown on homeless people on federal lands

As housing becomes unreachable, homeless people are flocking to America’s sprawling public lands, but federal agents seem unprepared to address a complex issue without resorting to violence, Josh Marcus reports

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Pressure and pay drive exodus of US wildfire fighters: ‘The fatigue is real’

Staffing levels could worsen if Congress doesn’t pass a permanent pay raise before current bonuses are phased out

The Independent UK

US Forest Service burn started wildfire that nearly reached Los Alamos, New Mexico, agency says

The U.S. Forest Service says its own prescribed burn started a 2022 wildfire that nearly reached Los Alamos, New Mexico

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US Forest Service and historically Black colleges unite to boost diversity in wildland firefighting

A partnership between the U.S. Forest Service and historically Black colleges or universities is opening the eyes of students of color who never pictured themselves fighting forest fires

Texas Observer

200,000 Steps on the Lone Star Hiking Trail

This 96-mile Lone Star Hiking Trail, leading from Richards to Cleveland, offers respite from the pandemic and urban sprawl.

The Independent UK

Environmental groups prevail on limit to grizzly bear deaths in Wyoming cattle grazing area

Environmental groups have prevailed on appeal in a lawsuit seeking to limit killing of grizzly bears in a mountainous area of Wyoming

The Independent UK

Gas pipeline gets new permit to build in Appalachian national forest

The U.S. Forest Service has reissued approval to build a controversial natural gas pipeline through national forest land in Virginia and West Virginia

The Independent UK

New Mexico lawmakers seek assurances amid prescribed burns

Members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation are looking for assurances from the U.S. Forest Service that the agency is taking preventative measures to ensure that future prescribed fires don't turn into disasters

Los Angeles Times

These rural schools face a financial 'cliff.' Will partisan bickering cut off a lifeline?

WASHINGTON — Anmarie Swanstrom had driven four hours along twisting mountain roads, through the fire-scarred Shasta-Trinity National Forest, to Sacramento to catch a red-eye flight.

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Our need for seed fosters an unusual partnership to restore forests

OLYMPIC NATIONAL FOREST, Wash. — Deep in the evergreen woodlands of Washington’s Olympic Peninsula sits a forest-within-a-forest: groves of Douglas fir, western hemlock, Sitka spruce and western white pine in evenly planted rows surrounded by a tall deer fence.

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