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The Forest Service Is Losing 2,400 Jobs–Including Most of Its Trail Workers
In response to a shrinking budget, the land management agency is suspending seasonal hiring next year. Public lands will bear the cost.
According to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, there are more than 2,000 trees to clear from the AT in Tennessee alone, and many Forest Service access roads from Georgia to Virginia are closed due to erosion and rockfall. Wildland firefighters, who now make up about half of the Forest Service’s workforce, received bonuses of up to $20,000 per year, which were temporarily funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act. And we hope to have more hiring options in the coming year if additional funding becomes available,” Scott Owen, national press officer for the Forest Service, wrote in an email.
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