Fired U.S. Forest Service workers and other probationary employees of the Department of Agriculture who lost their jobs in a mass firing last month will return, at least temporarily, to the federal ...
The decision follows a directive from the federal Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), which on March 5 ordered the USDA to temporarily reinstate thousands of workers who lost their jobs ...
The department's decision was forced by the MSPB, an independent federal court that focuses on employee complaints. Here's ...
Katherine "Katie" Steele could have been the person collecting fees from campers in Virginia's national forests this spring, ...
Weeks after the federal agency froze hiring and training for thousands of federal firefighters at the order of the president, ...
The approximately 360 Montana-based federal Forest Service workers laid off in a blanket federal workforce reduction ...
It was unclear whether the USDA or Forest Service would actually follow the order to reinstate the employees. Remaining ...
They empty trash bins at trailheads. Dig pit toilets at backcountry campsites. Cut down trees in campgrounds at risk of falling on unsuspecting campers. Carve up logs that have fallen across hiking ...
In an Asheville visit March 6, the US Secretary of Agriculture commented on Forest Service firings, Hendersonville's Farm Service Agency, and more.
As a forestry technician and wilderness ranger for Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest in Washington state, Downs picked up ...
Successfully fighting a wildfire requires more than people digging line or cutting fire breaks with chainsaws. It also ...
Under the new order, the fired workers can return to their jobs for 45 days during the Office of Special Counsel's investigation.