https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/02\/26\/forest-service-chief-retire-00206204<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Forest Service Chief Randy Moore will retire effective March 3, according to an email sent to agency staff Wednesday and viewed by POLITICO.
\nMoore wrote in his staff email that the past several weeks have been \u201cincredibly difficult\u201d due to the Trump administration\u2019s mass layoffs, which have led to 3,400 Forest Service employees \u2014 or 10 percent of agency staff \u2014 being fired.”<\/p>\n
…<\/p>\n
“Lawmakers and officials from Western states have warned that President Donald Trump\u2019s cuts to agencies like the Forest Service and funding freezes will threaten critical prevention and mitigation work, leaving the region woefully unprepared for the coming wildfire season.”<\/p>\n
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