Reader mode can get beyond the JavaScript paywall… “Arizona's Coronado Forest open to logging under new federal plan” https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/article_482bf212-034d-4415-bef1-1bab425e9061.html #USFS

Reader mode can get beyond the JavaScript paywall… “Arizona's Coronado Forest open to logging under new federal plan” https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/article_482bf212-034d-4415-bef1-1bab425e9061.html #USFS
NPR: Trump's Forest Service cuts have people in tinder dry New Mexico on edge https://www.kpbs.org/news/national/2025/04/17/trumps-forest-service-cuts-have-people-in-tinder-dry-new-mexico-on-edge
Working on damage assessments for a heavily flooded area of our state. Then I remembered that the headwaters had burned over last summer, meaning increased runoff, faster snowmelt, etc. So I logged on to USDA's Burn Severity Portal... And all the past fire reports appear to have been deleted including recently completed ones from last summer's fires. Many links are dead.
I'll try contacting the forest offices to see if we can get a backup. This is a critical resource for the environment, our health, life, and safety.
I am at a loss, mad, and sad. These actions being taken are making our jobs and lives so hard and truly hurting everyone regardless of ideology.
"This action builds on Secretary Rollins’ announcement last month to unleash American energy by directing the USDA Forest Service to take action to remove burdensome Biden-era regulations that have stifled energy and mineral development on Forest Service land. As part of these decisive actions, the agency also canceled two mineral leasing withdrawals on Forest Service land that will help boost production of critical minerals." https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/04/04/secretary-rollins-announces-sweeping-reforms-protect-national-forests-and-boost-domestic-timber #USDA #USPol #USForestService #USFS
#Climate
Mono Lake and the Owens Valley today. Image credit Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District. For more information https://www.gbuapcd.org/District/AboutUs/ and #nps #nationalparks #usfs #nationalforests #interpretation #publiclands #photography #landscapephotography #newtopographics #geology #geography #clouds #california #airquality #mountains #snow #lakes #infrastructure #monolake
#NCwx #NorthCarolina #Wildfires #USFS #RattlesnakeBranchFire
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.. Firelines create an area of bare soil and act as a buffer to slow down or stop fire progress. Firefighters are engaging tools such as small bulldozers and leafblowers to remove fuel.
State Highway 276 remains open but please drive carefully- firefighters and equipment are working in the area.
The fire started on private land and is under investigation.
#NCwx #NorthCarolina #Wildfires #USFS #RattlesnakeBranchFire
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From USFS - NC on FB: 3/27/2025 -Afternoon Update on the Rattlesnake Branch Fire burning on the Pisgah National Forest. Fire size is estimated at 500 acres.
More than 80 firefighters from state and local fire departments and the US Forest Service are building fireline between homes and the active fire edge along Crawford Creek Road and Highway 276 near Rattlesnake Branch Rd…
#TheGremlinZoo #DOGE #FireFighters #USFS #NOAA
From CBS.com: Trump secures pay increase for wildland firefighters while DOGE fires critical support staff
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-wildfires-firefighters-doge-cuts-usfs-noaa-nps/
“‘Stonewalling’: Forest Service mum on firings during wildfire briefing for congressional staff • Source New Mexico” #USFS #Wildfire #GremlinZoo https://sourcenm.com/2025/03/14/stonewalling-forest-service-mum-on-firings-during-wildfire-briefing-for-congressional-staff/
SFGate: 'There is literally no one': The fallout coming to Lake Tahoe after forest service gutted
https://www.sfgate.com/renotahoe/article/fallout-forest-service-lake-tahoe-gutted-20209156.php
Emily and the Economy
Monica Tranel by Mar 5
Emily was fired from her Bob Marshall Wilderness Trail Crew job.
"As a result of the illegal terminations, there is no trail crew in the Flathead National Forest. Rivers won’t have human waste picked up. Trails won’t be cleared and opened. Outfitters, guides, hunting and fishing, floating, hiking, horse packing, will all be affected by the illegal firing of government employees."
#MTPol #USFS
Emily and the Economy
Monica Tranel by Mar 5
Emily was fired from her Bob Marshall Wilderness Trail Crew job.
#MTPol #USFS
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Emily and the Economy
Chainsaws are for Sawyers by Monica Tranel
Feb 24
#Montana #USFS #Wildfire
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Chainsaws are for sawyers
Chainsaws are for Sawyers by Monica Tranel
Feb 24
#Montana #USFS #Wildfire
https://open.substack.com/pub/monicatranel/p/chainsaws-are-for-sawyers
“Guidance on OPM Saturday Email | National Federation of Federal Employees” #FederalWorkers #FederalGovernment #USFS https://nffe.org/nffe_news/guidance-on-opm-saturday-email/
Kara Bond
Bitterroot National Forest fire certified archaeologist and Forest protection officer
#MTPol #Montana #USFS
https://open.substack.com/pub/monicatranel/p/karas-story
Kara Bond
Bitterroot National Forest fire certified archaeologist and Forest protection officer
#MTPol #Montana #USFS
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Kara's story
US Department of Agriculture (#USDA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (#NRCS), Farm Service Agency (#FSA), Forest Service (#USFS)
Mass Federal Firings Hit Agriculture Agencies - Farm Policy News
https://farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2025/02/mass-federal-firings-hit-agriculture-agencies/