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. Ben Vizzachero boarded a whale-watching boat on Saturday with his girlfriend, setting aside rumors that his U.S. Forest Service ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...