Ben Vizzachero boarded a whale-watching boat on Saturday with his girlfriend, setting aside rumors that his U.S. Forest Service job was at risk so he could enjoy Valentine’s Day weekend. Then he got a ...

Josh Watson and his chain saw are back in action. On Monday, five weeks after Watson and thousands of U.S. Forest Service personnel were mass-fired by the federal Office of Personnel Management as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Laguna Fire burns along a canyon ridge July 4. As many as 27% of US Forest Service jobs remain vacant as of July 17, according ...

About two-thirds of Colorado land is managed by the federal government. And there are a lot fewer federal workers managing those acres as of this week. A Valentine’s Day slashing of federal jobs by ...

Between funding cuts, facility closures, and the inevitable resignations that will follow, there’s virtually no way for the ...

SEATTLE — Josh Watson and his chain saw are back in action. Last Monday, five weeks after Watson and thousands of U.S. Forest Service personnel were mass-fired by the federal Office of Personnel ...

The U.S. Forest Service is hiring 1,000 temporary spring and summer jobs in Oregon and Washington, the federal agency announced last week. Applications will be accepted from Nov. 15 to 21, with ...

The U.S. Forest Service says it won’t be hiring temporary seasonal workers next summer, citing a tight budget for the coming year. The agency will still hire seasonal staff to fight fires, but ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ben Vizzachero boarded a whale-watching boat on Saturday with his girlfriend, setting aside rumors that his U.S. Forest Service ...

Despite the Trump administration’s public pronouncements that it has hired enough wildland firefighters, documents obtained by ProPublica show a high vacancy rate, as well as internal concern among ...

Wildlife biologist Ben Vizzachero conducts a waterbird count at Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge. He lost his job at the Los Padres National Forest as part of a wave of firings ordered by the Trump ...