‘Illegal’ forest service overhaul risks causing ‘chaos’ across US public lands, union claims
The restructuring will close all regional offices, which manages 193m acres of land, roughly the size of Texas Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox US public lands will “pay the price” of a drive by Donald Trump ’s officials to restructure the agency that oversees them, union leaders have warned, accusing the administration of forcing workers to decide whether to relocate or resign. All regional offices of the US Forest Service, which manages 78m hectares (193m acres) of land – roughly the size of Texas – are set to close as part of an overhaul launched by the Trump administration. The service has already shed hundreds of staff members since Trump returned to power last year. Continue reading...