- The layoffs primarily affect employees still in their probationary period, making them easier to dismiss, while public safety positions, including wildland firefighters, remain intact.
- The cuts coincide with the end of the “Fork in the Road” program, which offered employees to opportunity to resign while staying on the payroll through September.
- Other federal agencies, including the Department of Energy and Small Business Administration, are planning similar workforce reductions.
https://www.ehn.org/forest-service-layoffs-cut-10-of-agencys-workforce