/tags/u-s-forest-service-usfs U.S. Forest Service (USFS) en-US Copyright Thu, 03 Apr 2025 14:13:51 GMT /politics-government/2025-04-03/rural-california-reliant-on-the-trump-administration-for-jobs-braces-for-cuts Rural counties are some of the most reliant on federal funding and federal workers. But some still welcome Trump’s upcoming cuts to forestry and other departments. Thu, 03 Apr 2025 14:13:51 GMT /politics-government/2025-04-03/rural-california-reliant-on-the-trump-administration-for-jobs-braces-for-cuts Jeanne Kuang /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2025-02-20/fri-9-am-ashland-youth-activists-homeless-restraining-order-forest-service-layoffs The JPR news team gathers for a roundtable discussion of the top news stories they've been working on this week. Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:28:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2025-02-20/fri-9-am-ashland-youth-activists-homeless-restraining-order-forest-service-layoffs JPR News Team /business-and-labor/2025-02-18/forest-service-fires-workers-in-oregon-california-as-part-of-trump-efficiency-efforts Thousands of employees with the U.S. Forest Service were fired over the weekend, including some in Southern Oregon and Northern California. Wed, 19 Feb 2025 03:31:02 GMT /business-and-labor/2025-02-18/forest-service-fires-workers-in-oregon-california-as-part-of-trump-efficiency-efforts Justin Higginbottom /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-01-30/environmentalists-push-for-stronger-old-growth-protections-in-northwest-forest-plan Around a hundred community members showed up to the U.S. Forest Service office in Medford on Wednesday night for a public meeting about proposed amendments to the Northwest Forest Plan. Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:49:22 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-01-30/environmentalists-push-for-stronger-old-growth-protections-in-northwest-forest-plan Roman Battaglia /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-01-08/biden-administration-withdraws-old-growth-forest-plan The Biden administration is dropping its plan to conserve old-growth forests after getting pushback from Republicans and the timber industry. Thu, 09 Jan 2025 00:43:43 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-01-08/biden-administration-withdraws-old-growth-forest-plan Matthew Brown /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-08-31/tribal-leaders-and-politicians-call-for-national-monument-in-medicine-lake-highlands On Wednesday, tribal leaders and state representatives urged President Biden to designate three new national monuments in California. One of those plans is located in the state’s northeast. Sat, 31 Aug 2024 13:06:02 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-08-31/tribal-leaders-and-politicians-call-for-national-monument-in-medicine-lake-highlands Justin Higginbottom /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-06-22/us-forest-service-proposes-protections-for-old-growth-trees-without-an-outright-logging-ban The Biden administration has published its proposed plan for preserving old-growth trees in national forests across the country, opening another opportunity for public input on conserving ancient trees. Sat, 22 Jun 2024 13:50:54 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-06-22/us-forest-service-proposes-protections-for-old-growth-trees-without-an-outright-logging-ban April Ehrlich /law-and-justice/2024-06-07/criminal-charge-dismissed-against-federal-burn-manager-in-rural-oregon A criminal charge has been dismissed against a U.S. Forest Service employee arrested in 2022 by a rural Oregon sheriff after a prescribed burn on federal land unexpectedly spread to private property and burned roughly 20 acres. Fri, 07 Jun 2024 13:45:16 GMT /law-and-justice/2024-06-07/criminal-charge-dismissed-against-federal-burn-manager-in-rural-oregon Conrad Wilson /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-05-06/oregon-researchers-use-ai-to-study-threatened-coastal-seabirds Machine learning algorithms are helping researchers detect the calls of marbled murrelets among millions of hours of audio recordings collected from Oregon and Washington forests. Mon, 06 May 2024 13:11:25 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-05-06/oregon-researchers-use-ai-to-study-threatened-coastal-seabirds April Ehrlich /2024-04-01/a-conservative-oregon-county-attempts-criminal-prosecution-of-a-federal-employee Attorneys for a federal wildland firefighter whose controversial arrest in eastern Oregon by a rural sheriff drew national headlines have successfully delayed his trial while they try to move the case to federal court. Mon, 01 Apr 2024 12:55:00 GMT /2024-04-01/a-conservative-oregon-county-attempts-criminal-prosecution-of-a-federal-employee Kirk Siegler