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BOZEMAN, Mont. — When Allison Borges was hired on as a weeds specialist with the U.S. Forest Service in May 2024, she was thrilled. She moved to Bozeman from her home in Washington state, spending the ...

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Cyrus Issari worked in the Gila National Forest in New Mexico as a Forestry Technician until he was terminated on February 13th, 2025. Here, Issari works with the trails crew hiking with tools and ...

Chief Randy Moore said the agency will rein in external hiring, rescinding some pending job offers for non-fire-related positions. The Forest Service is scaling back hiring and in some cases ...

With budget battles still to fight on Capitol Hill, the U.S. Forest Service will continue to hire for its highest priority positions, albeit cautiously. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore told the ...

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 ...

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 ...

For a certain breed of outdoor enthusiast there are few job opportunities more appealing than to spend a summer working to preserve and protect one of the landscapes that they love. That precise ...

The approximately 360 Montana-based federal Forest Service workers laid off in a blanket federal workforce reduction initiative may soon return to their positions. The federal Merit Systems Protection ...