Jerry Ingersoll talks about the impending consolidation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Tongass National Forest ...

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 ...

A freeze on hiring some seasonal employees across the U.S. Forest Service will have local impacts, but the agency has taken steps to protect some positions from going dark. U.S. Forest Service Chief ...

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 ...

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 ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The approximately 360 Montana-based Forest Service workers laid off in a blanket federal ...