As a forestry technician and wilderness ranger for Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest in Washington state, Downs picked up trash that campers left behind and buried human waste. Downs camped alongside ...

The Great Firing continues—and the next round of layoffs will reveal how much power over public lands the Trump ...

Prescribed burning operations will begin across the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest as soon as weather and fuel moisture ...

Prescribed burning operations will begin across the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, including several areas in the Methow Valley, as soon as weather and fuel moisture conditions allow, the U.S.

a former wilderness and climbing ranger at the Okanagan Wenatchee National Forest in Washington state. "We were already short-staffed as a land management agency, with the number of trails ...

The Forest Service employs 1,563 people in Washington, according to the ... Ranger district: Cle Elum, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest * Length of Forest Service tenure: 7 years Like many ...

After four years as lead animal packer for the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest ... 10 from Oregon and Washington, have urged the government to roll back the U.S. Forest Service firings ...

According to 10 current and former Washington-based Forest Service employees ... between the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie and Okanogan-Wenatchee national forests. In total, 81 employees across those ...

At the North Cascades National Park, advocates had previously been sounding the alarm over lack of staffing. The North Cascades Conservation Council recently circulated a petition to reopen the ...