Tina Kotek wants the power to hire, fire state forester
After upheaval at the Department of Forestry, she says she and future governors should have the power to directly hire the ...
Records show Los Angeles officials’ early struggles as windswept blazes escalated
Newly obtained records – including text messages and internal reports – detail how Los Angeles officials scrambled to respond ...
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Weds 9:40 | CAL FIRE to receive $5M in federal funds to improve forest resiliency efforts
California Forest Improvement Program will assist private landowners in financial partnership to support sustainability ...
California's New Fire Risk Maps Have Huge Impacts for Homeowners
State officials have released a third batch of maps showing fire hazards in California's Bay Area and the state's northern ...
California tribe enters first-of-its-kind agreement with the state to practice cultural burns
After suppression of Indigenous cultural burning, the state agrees Northern California's Karuk Tribe may practice the burns ...
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Preparing for wildfire season: tips and warnings as temperatures rise
As the Rogue Valley enjoys sunny spring weather, residents may have also noticed smoky conditions in the air due to ...
What to know about national park layoffs and potential closures
The U.S. Department of the Interior said no parks are expected to close in the summer, but park rangers warned of reduced hours and services.
Fired federal workers hunt for new jobs but struggle to replace their old ones
Luke Tobin, a 24-year-old forestry technician who worked for the U.S. Forest Service in Idaho’s Nez Perce National Forest, ...
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Fired federal workers hunt for new jobs but struggle to replace their old ones
“If you’re doing, say, vegetation sampling and prescribed fire as your main work ... at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, who lives in Eugene, Oregon, took a pay cut when she started ...