ABCNEWS - Trump admin moves to allow logging and construction in national forests
The USDA, which oversees the U.S. Forest Service, filed the proposed rule and corresponding draft environmental impact statement in the Federal Register on Tuesday.
DAILYCALLER (Derek VanBuskirk) - Trump Admin Seeks To Develop Millions Of Acres Of National Forest Land
‘Restores the flexibility’
NYTIMES (Scott Dance) - Federal Job Cuts Are Making Wildfires Harder to Fight
The Trump administration pushed out thousands of veteran U.S. Forest Service staff. An ‘extraordinary’ fire season is testing those who are left.
DAILYCALLER (Francis Kapper) - Hostage Crisis Allegedly Involving Father And Son Holding Two Federal Employees At Gunpoint Ends After Hourslong Standoff
‘live rounds ready’
HUFFPOST - Trump Admin Seeks To Revive Long-Discredited Wildfire Policy Amid Massive Blazes In The West
The deaths of three firefighters in Colorado are casting a spotlight on the Trump administration’s creation of a new federal fire agency and its revival of a previously discredited policy to stomp out all wildfires quickly.
NPR (Kirk Siegler) - As western fires erupt, Trump's Forest Service says it's now fully staffed
The Forest Service says it's fully staffed with seasonal firefighters going into summer but there are still questions about whether the government is prepared if major wildfires get out of hand.
AMERICANTHINKER - Trump's Wildfire Reform
In the rugged landscapes of the American West, wildfires have long been a fact of life, but the scale of destruction in recent decades has not.
NPR (Kirk Siegler) - President Trump is taking aim at forest and wildfire research just as the West is poised to burn
President Trump is trying to downsize the U.S Forest Service and eliminate wildfire and smoke research as the American West is facing a potentially epic summer fire season.
NPR (Chiara Eisner) - The Forest Service says it's closing offices to cut costs. But the math doesn't add up
The Forest Service is trying to shut down research hubs because it says it needs to live within its means. But the agency plans to close facilities that cost less than $1 to rent while keeping open one that costs $1 million.
NPR (Chiara Eisner) - New burn bans and Trump's battle with immigration and DEI are impacting forest fires
Firefighters say setting fires on purpose is one of the best ways to protect against massive wildfires later. But the Trump administration is banning or stalling preventative burning across the U.S.