Matt Ross, a wilderness manager at Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, saw his trail team reduced from 19 to just one following mass terminations of probationary workers at the U.S. Forest Service. This dramatic decision, aimed at reducing federal spending, has derailed multiple planned projects, including vital repairs on the Pacific Crest Trail. Randy Moore, the Forest Service chief, announced his retirement amid these significant changes, acknowledging the uncertainties faced by the workforce and the emotional toll of these layoffs on employees.
If you are feeling uncertainty, frustration, or loss, you are not alone. These are real and valid emotions that I am feeling, too.
The abrupt culling of Ross' team has sent two years of project planning down the drain.
the backbone of the workforce, according to Ross.
the U.S. Department of Agriculture... defended the firings as a way to root out allegedly wasteful federal spending in the agency.
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