The U.S. Forest Service Is Consolidating Oversight Amid Staffing Shortages

The U.S. Forest Service Is Consolidating Oversight Amid Staffing Shortages

The U.S. Forest Service is consolidating the oversight of its regional offices, part of “interim” changes that mean fewer staff will oversee larger expanses of land.In a letter to Hill offices obtained by NOTUS, the agency presented a map that showed its regional oversight had been consolidated into five hubs. The agency cited “significant changes in our workforce during the last eight months,” which is most of the second Trump administration. T…