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The dismantling of the US Forest Service is imminent (www.motherjones.com)
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[-] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 34 points 4 days ago

Though Rollins’ proposal is aimed at decentralizing the department, it would effectively re-centralize the Forest Service by eliminating its nine regional offices, six of which are located in the West. Each regional forester oversees dozens of national forests within their region, providing budget oversight, guiding place-specific implementation of national policies, and facilitating coordination among the various forests.

Rollins’ memo does not explain why the regional offices are being axed, or what will happen to the regional foresters’ positions and their functions, or how the change will affect the agency’s chain of command. When several US senators asked Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden for more specifics, he responded that “decisions pertaining to the agency’s structure and the location of specialized personnel will be made after” the public comment period ends on September 30.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 25 points 4 days ago

“decisions pertaining to the agency’s structure and the location of specialized personnel will be made after” the public comment period ends on September 30.

That's fucked up by itself. They're making the public comment process even more of a mockery than it already is.

[-] arrow74@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

They're doing the same to the NPS offices as well. Pretty much the entire science wings of the regional offices have been cut down significantly.

I know many don't understand why there are 6 biologists stationed at a regional office, but many parks only have 1-3 on staff with the smallest parks having none. Being able to send a team of 6 to parks a few weeks at a time to do projects is way more efficient than hiring full staffs at the parks.

Unfortunately they are not even hiring these positions at parks, just leaving them unfilled and duties uncompleted. It's bad

[-] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 days ago

...and yet the center and conservative wing of the US is perfectly fine to sit there and say "well, we should at least try it we can always go back!" while foundations that cannot be replaced are demolished.

spits on this country, fuck this place, I am ashamed to be born here.

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