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Forest Service Layoffs - How You Can Help

2/20/25
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Posted by Kyle M on 2/20/25 12:50pm

Approximately 10% of the Forest Service and National Park Service was laid off, which will have huge recreation impacts. Please take a few minutes to speak out against this and make your voice heard!

https://www.cascadebackcountryalliance.com/post/forest-service-layoffs-what-we-know

Those layoffs are an important issue. Another important issue, for backcountry trip planning, SAR mission planning, and overall water resources planning, is the gutting of federal science. Weather, SNOTEL, avy forecasts, terrain analysis and more depend on streams of federally funded data. Here is a good take on this by Doug Chabot.

https://substack.com/home/post/p-158844781?r=4hxjtn&fbclid=IwY2xjawI92ZlleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHdMdu8dWel4XUf2aWN1oVeMzMQ97X9FHCh3NW6gmHs0Y0XaTmSHCG165iA_aem_3W0GioFvLezDtxLLCXhPzw

 


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