u.s. forest service

Cuts to the federal workforce will have a greater impact on rural Oregon.  Oregon is home to more than 28,000 federal employees.  Gail Krumenauer, an economist at the Oregon Employment Department, said, based on the population, federal workforce cuts in rural counties will have a greater impact because they have a higher percentage of federal workers.   "It does t...

Earlier this month, thousands of U.S. Forest Service employees were fired, as part of an effort to downsize the federal government.  Isabella Isaksen was among those let go… and says the positions lost support wildfire efforts and other important work across Oregon.   “Permit...

Last week, Oregon senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced $5,416,405 in Inflation Reduction Act funding, for hazardous fuels transportation projects across the state.  The goal of the federal funding awarded by the U.S. Forest Service is to reduce the risk of wildfires by moving hazardous fuels, such as smaller trees, live or dead brush, tree limbs, and other natural debris, from national fo

Saturday is National Public Lands Day, a fee free day at federally owned, day-use parks and public lands nationwide.   "National forests, national parks, any other public lands. wildlife refuges," said Alice Cohen of the U.S. Forest S...

It has arrived with a vengeance.

Commissioners say a final Environmental Impact Statement on the project last month did not consider local concerns about the bears.

Congressman Tom Tiffany’s (WI-07) bill, H.R. 1567, the Accurately Counting Risk Elimination Solutions (ACRES) Act, passed out of the U.S. House of Representatives almost unanimously.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service announced it will invest $16.2 million to restore forests across tribal, state and private lands.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service is making $150 million from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, the largest climate investment in history, available to help underserved and small acreage forest landowners connect to emerging voluntary climate markets.

Last week, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced his agency is expanding efforts to reduce the risk of wildfires in the western U.S.  Funds will be invested to directly protect at-risk communities and critical infrastructure in 11 additional landscapes in Washington Oregon, Idaho California, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah.   “...