Wildfire-management groups say Trump’s latest push to trim government could impede firefighting efforts
The US Forest Service is firing about 3,400 recent hires while the National Park Service is terminating about 1,000 workers under Donald Trump’s push to cut federal spending and bureaucracy, according to a report on Friday.
The terminations target employees who are in their probationary employment period (which includes anyone hired less than a year ago), according to Reuters, and will affect sites such as the Appalachian trail, Yellowstone, the birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr and the Sequoia national forest.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/15/us-forest-service-national-park-service-layoffs
Author : Edward Helmore and agencies
Publish date : 2025-02-15 19:47:00
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