Forest Service plan stokes fears

'Transformation' of the U.S. Forest Service looks like dismantling to critics

In the month since the Trump administration announced a major reorganization of the U.S. Forest Service, critics have called it a stealth dismantling. The plan includes moving its headquarters.

PBS Defends Forest Service Bureaucracy From Reform With Sob Stories, Scare Tactics

Monday’s PBS News Hour pushed the sympathy buttons and employed scare tactics to protect yet another government agency threatened by Trump-era reform and budget cuts, the U.S. Forest Service. Reporter William Brangham implied federal employees deserve to be shielded from harsh job cuts, in a way American workers in the private sector have not. (Journalists also tend to feel sorry for themselves for job losses in their own field, while handwaving…

Forest Service plan stokes fears

The U.S. Forest Service's plan to close scores of research stations could threaten the nation's wildfire readiness, many foresters fear, and erode decades of work to understand timber production, soil health, pests and diseases, watersheds and wildlife.

U.S. Forest Service cuts raise concerns about public lands

Sweeping changes are coming for the U.S. Forest Service, which manages roughly a third of America’s public land. The agency announced a dramatic overhaul of cuts, closures and consolidation. That’s on top of the Trump administration's latest budget request that seeks to slash billions of dollars. But some worry it could undermine the agency's mission. William Brangham reports.

U.S. Forest Service cuts raise concerns on protecting public lands and fighting wildfires

Sweeping changes are coming for the U.S. Forest Service, which manages roughly a third of America's public land. The agency announced a dramatic overhaul of cuts, closures and consolidation. That's on top of the Trump administration's latest budget request that seeks to slash billions of dollars. But some worry it could undermine the agency's mission. William Brangham reports.

Could changes to the U.S. Forest Service erase a century of historical documents?

Read the full story at Inside Climate News. Sweeping changes underway at the federal agency tasked with protecting the nation’s forests could result in the loss of more than a century of critical historical documents, conservationists warn.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service announced a major restructuring at the end of March that includes closing all … Continue reading Could changes to the U.S. Forest Service erase a century o…