Bipartisan group of Western Slope lawmakers warn of ‘serious risk’ of Forest Service cuts, urge feds to reverse decision

Western Slope lawmakers warn of ‘serious risk’ of Forest Service cuts, urge feds to reverse decision

With the summer tourism season on the horizon, a bipartisan group of Western Slope state lawmakers is warning of “serious risk” to Colorado’s public lands if U.S. Forest Service cuts aren’t reversed.  In an April 2 letter to United States Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, lawmakers called for thousands of recently-fired Forest Service staff to be rehired, saying the cuts would “severely harm the invaluable services that these f…

Bipartisan group of Western Slope lawmakers warn of ‘serious risk’ of Forest Service cuts, urge feds to reverse decision

With the summer tourism season on the horizon, a bipartisan group of Western Slope state lawmakers is warning of “serious risk” to Colorado’s public lands if U.S. Forest Service cuts aren’t reversed.  In an April 2 letter to United States Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, lawmakers called for thousands of recently-fired Forest Service staff to be rehired, saying the cuts would “severely harm the invaluable services that these f…

BLK ALERTS - Trump’s Forest Service cuts have people in tinder dry New Mexico on edge

The Trump administration’s dramatic staffing cuts at federal lands agencies like the Forest Service are causing anxiety in tinder dry New Mexico, where the wildfire threat is already severe this Spring. (Image credit: Andy Lyon)

Trump's Forest Service cuts have people in tinder dry New Mexico on edge

The Trump administration's dramatic staffing cuts at federal lands agencies like the Forest Service are causing anxiety in tinder dry New Mexico, where the wildfire threat is already severe this Spring.