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Cut the GS-11s or cut the GS 5s? Seems that was pumpkin backwards.Forest Service employees in probationary periods are more likely to be the ones doing field work, such as moving timber sales and helping to mitigate wildfires, than their more senior counterparts.
Public safety employees at USFS are exempt from the firing. While firefighter jobs appear to be unaffected, other roles that support wildfire prevention are being cut. Employees who work on road and trail maintenance, timber production and watershed restoration are also impacted.
https://www.opb.org/news/article/wildfi ... n-portion/ that article is already 7 years old.In 1995, wildfire was about 16 percent of the Forest Service budget. A decade later, it took up more than half of it.
An image shows that 67% of the FY 2025 budget is fire suppression.The six worst fire seasons since 1960 have all occurred since 2000. Moreover, since 2000, many western
states have experienced the largest wildfires in their state’s history.
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58212Average annual federal spending on fire suppression totaled $2.5 billion (in 2020 dollars) between 2016 and 2020.