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Forest Service
When the U.S. Forest Service’s budget shrinks, who pumps campground toilets?
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Caitlin Tan
Nov 11, 2024
The U.S. Forest Service is likely facing half a billion dollars in budget cuts from Congress. This means the federal agency will have less money and staff for maintaining public lands. In western Wyoming, a nonprofit is helping fill the gaps.
How the budget fight in Congress threatens federal wildland firefighters' pay
Feb 21, 2024
Federal firefighters make as little as $15 an hour. A permanent boost has bipartisan support, but it’s tied up in Congress' budget fight.
When prescribed burns spiral into devastating wildfires, who pays the price?
Oct 21, 2022
A prescribed burn that went awry in New Mexico has some questioning the value of the practice, but scientists say we need prescribed burns more than ever because of climate change.
U.S. Forest Service is short thousands of firefighters amid pay raise delay
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Nova Safo
May 10, 2022
With a pay raise funded by the infrastructure bill stuck in bureaucratic morass, the agency is struggling to staff up to the full force it needs.
Prescribed burns can help reduce wildfire threat in the West
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Madelyn Beck
Nov 17, 2021
Managed burns take communication between federal officials and locals.
Who pays for California's wildfires?
Oct 28, 2019
Multiple wildfires continue to burn in California, prompting evacuations, preventive power outages and a scramble for funds to pay to fight the fires.
A city earns revenue from not cutting its timberland
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Jeff Tyler
Nov 12, 2015
A trust selling carbon credits pays Astoria, Oregon, to harvest less timber.
For public good, not for profit.
A new designation for the San Gabriel Mountains
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Nova Safo
Oct 10, 2014
President Barack Obama will declare it a national monument on Friday.