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Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The Gallatin County Commission weighed in Tuesday on the fate of U.S. Forest Service ...

Hikers seen along a trail on Forest Service land in South Lake Tahoe.Credit...Bridget Bennett for The New York Times At Inyo National Forest, where 26,000 people visit the tallest peak in the ...

The Gallatin County Commission weighed in Tuesday on the fate of U.S. Forest Service employees, denouncing recent layoffs and voicing support for a better-staffed Custer Gallatin National Forest.

Layoffs have started for federal workers in Daniel Boone National Forest, though the full extent of the cuts is hazy. Impacts are expected to trail maintenance and other important services as the ...

The potential closures could impact visitor centers and backcountry trails at popular outdoor destinations such as Desolation Wilderness in Lake ... national forests. More recently, at least 2,000 ...

but Frank Beum of the National Association of Forest Service Retirees estimated the number at 3,400. Taylor’s departure leaves one federal administrator for the entire Florida Trail. A path to ...

In a partial victory for critics of the plan, proposed for a piece of the Custer Gallatin National Forest, U.S. Magistrate Judge Kathleen DeSoto opined that the Forest Service should correct ...

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Among other duties, the laid-off employees were charged with clearing trails, servicing campgrounds ... post as supervisor of the Custer Gallatin National Forest, said approximately one-quarter ...

Among those affected are Custer Gallatin National Forest employees, who have dubbed the mass layoffs the “Valentine’s Day Massacre.” The decision left around 300 U.S. Forest Service ...