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Tropical Storm Helene impacted roughly 190,000 acres of U.S. Forest Service land in North Carolina, about 20% of the total acreage managed by the service in the state. Damage includes 900 miles of ...
The Trump administration is prepared for what could be a "significant fire season," despite thousands of Forest Service employees departing under Trump's deferred resignation offer, according to U ...
Mike Boren, President Donald Trump’s pick to run the Forest Service, has regulatory and permitting disputes pending with the agency he hopes to lead. The Trump administration’s nominee to ...
Michael Boren has a history of conflicts with the U.S. Forest Service. President Donald Trump's nominee to oversee the U.S. Forest Service has a history of clashing with the very agency that he ...
Just months after the Trump Administration gave federal employees the option to voluntarily resign, the U.S. Forest Service is asking those who resigned to return to work for the wildfire season.
Michael Boren, founder of a billion-dollar tech company, Idaho ranch owner and Trump donor, has clashed with the U.S. Forest Service for years. He was accused of flying a helicopter dangerously ...
Forest Service employees who accepted President Donald Trump’s offer to resign will still be allowed to take on wildfire assignments this summer, according to a new agency memo. The announcement ...
The U.S. Forest Service reopened several recreation areas and trails in the Appalachian Ranger District following Tropical Storm Helene. Reopened sites include Carolina Hemlock Campground ...
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President Donald Trump's nominee to oversee the U.S. Forest Service has a history of clashing with the very agency that he soon could be leading. On Tuesday afternoon, the Senate Committee on ...
Many focused on deficiencies within the water and wastewater systems and alleged a lack of enforcement by the Forest Service for problems that occurred under the previous owner. Bortello said in ...
(Photo courtesy of Pixabay | Public domain). Conservation groups argued in federal court that a forest management project comprising 1,241 acres of timber harvest east of Helena may violate ...