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Agriculture Secretary Says Goal Is a '100% Legal Workforce in America'

Taxes · Santa Fe

Agriculture Secretary Says Goal Is a '100% Legal Workforce in America'

60% Center coverage: 15 sources

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins discussed the massive tax and spending bill moving through Congress, proposed cuts to SNAP and deportations.See the Story

LOGGING TO BE EXPANDED IN 'HISTORIC' TIMBER DEAL

US Forest Service · United States

LOGGING TO BE EXPANDED IN 'HISTORIC' TIMBER DEAL

100% Center coverage: 13 sources

NORTHWESTERN MONTANA See the Story

Trump Administration Official Says Colorado Won’t Be Included in Push to Develop More US Forest Service Land. Environmentalists Still Worry.

Donald Trump · Glenwood Springs

Trump Administration Official Says Colorado Won’t Be Included in Push to Develop More US Forest Service Land. Environmentalists Still Worry.

87% Center coverage: 8 sources

When U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced on Monday that her department would be opening up more US Forest Service land to development, she did so with the caveat that just two states — Colorado and Idaho — would not be impacted. Rollins, who serves in President Donald Trump’s cabinet, unveiled the plans during a meeting of Western state governors in Santa Fe, where she told reporters that the Agriculture Department would be resc…See the Story

Elevated Wildfire Threat Continues in Eastern Oregon Wednesday

100% Center coverage: 3 sources

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Elevated wildfire threat returns in eastern Oregon Wednesday and will continue through Friday as thunderstorms develop into the afternoon hours. Moisture within an isolated low system churning over the desert southwestern states will continue to stream into eastern Oregon today through Friday. The afternoon heat and instability will help to develop thunderstorms across the afternoon hours. Today's storms may turn severe, …US Forest Service · California See the Story

Building a bridge with the help of 10 mules on North Dakota's Maah Daah Hey Trail

75% Right coverage: 4 sources

BILLINGS COUNTY, N.D. — When it comes to building a bridge, there are two obvious necessities: people and equipment. If that bridge is in the western North Dakota Badlands, a crew of pack mules can help, too. On a humid, June Sunday morning, U.S. Forest Service packers drove a trailer of 10 mules to the side of East River Road along the Little Missouri National Grasslands, about 1 mile off of the Maah Daah Hey Trail and a bit farther from the mu…US Forest Service · Billings County See the Story

‘Voice of wildlife' takes early retirement from the Forest Service - Aspen Journalism

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

A couple weeks into his retirement, Phil Nyland wasn’t yet off on his next grand adventure. Instead, he was battling peak-season traffic into Aspen, headed up Buttermilk Ski Area to the U.S. Forest Service’s closure gate on Government Trail, reminding hikers, runners and mountain bikers that the trail was still closed to protect elk during the sensitive calving season. Nyland, who was the wildlife biologist for 23 years on the Aspen-Sopris Rang…US Forest Service · Aspen Read Article

Tahoe Forest Work Shifts to Mastication

100% Center coverage: 3 sources

Forest fuel reduction projects happening throughout the Tahoe Basin this year are using a tool known as mastication around communities to connect fuel treatment projects and bolster defensible space within the wildland urban interface.US Forest Service · El Dorado County See the Story

Wildland firefighting is dangerous, but no single activity is more dangerous than another, report finds – Wildfire Today

The job of wildland firefighters is “inherently dangerous,” but an analysis of nearly 500 wildland firefighter injuries over four years in the United States found no single activity on the job is more dangerous than another. The analysis, recently published in the International Journal of Wildland Fire, used weekly U.S. Forest Service reports from between March 23, 2019, and Dec. 31, 2023, to create an in-depth assessment of wildland firefighter…US Forest Service · United States Read Article

Bonneville County partners with US Forest Service to repair Bear Creek Road

100% Center coverage: 2 sources

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) — Wednesday, the Bonneville County Commissioners officially partnered with the U.S. Forest Service to begin repairs on Bear Creek Road. This agreement paves the way for reopening full access to popular recreational spots like Calamity Campground and the Snake River Boat Club, as well as numerous summer homes, which have been hampered since a 2023 landslide closed a section of the rural roadway. Since the landslide, acce…US Forest Service · Idaho Falls See the Story

Motorists cautioned during Creeper Trail repairs

KONNAROCK —― The USDA Forest Service has begun the clean-up of the Virginia Creeper Trail on national forest lands following damage from Hurricane Helene.Hurricane Helene · Virginia Read Article

Forest Service issues final update on Post Fire at 94 percent containment

100% Center coverage: 3 sources

UPDATE: June 23 at 9:44 a.m.US Forest Service · Montana See the Story

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