National Association of Forest Service Retirees

@FSRetireesNat

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Joined May 2019

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National Association of Forest Service Retirees@FSRetireesNat · Jul 21

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FSRetireesNat's tweet card. The U.S. Forest Service faced criticism from current and former employees who say federal workforce reductions under the Trump administration have left fire teams understaffed, as the country...

National Association of Forest Service Retirees@FSRetireesNat · Jul 15

"Kate and Aaron talk to Steve Ellis, a 38-year veteran of both the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management and current chair of the National Association of Forest Service Retirees, about what the Trump administration is doing.. westernpriorities.org/2025/07/grand-…

FSRetireesNat's tweet card. Two rapidly growing wildfires near the Grand Canyon’s North Rim are currently burning uncontained. The fires prompted the closure and evacuation of the North Rim and destroyed the historic Grand...

National Association of Forest Service Retirees@FSRetireesNat · Jul 15

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National Association of Forest Service Retirees@FSRetireesNat · Jul 15

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National Association of Forest Service Retirees@FSRetireesNat · Jul 15

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FSRetireesNat's tweet card. Congress will take up Trump's proposed budget cuts, which target 26 long-term ecological research centers like the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest in Oregon.

National Association of Forest Service Retirees@FSRetireesNat · Jul 15

Significant mortality of old trees across a dry forest landscape, Oregon, USA sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

National Association of Forest Service Retirees@FSRetireesNat · Jul 15

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FSRetireesNat's tweet card. A little-known division of the National Forest Service faces budget cuts in legislation still pending in Congress. The State, Private and Tribal Forestry division’s budget would be eliminated in a...

National Association of Forest Service Retirees@FSRetireesNat · Jul 15

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FSRetireesNat's tweet card. When 5 p.m. arrives at the Priest River Experimental Forest, it’s time to check the weather.

National Association of Forest Service Retirees@FSRetireesNat · Jul 15

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FSRetireesNat's tweet card. In a letter responding to Democratic senators, the Department of Agriculture said it has the authority to cut current-year grants to states.

National Association of Forest Service Retirees@FSRetireesNat · Jul 15

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FSRetireesNat's tweet card. Republican appropriators also set aside a White House request for a new wildfire agency at Interior.

National Association of Forest Service Retirees@FSRetireesNat · Jul 15

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National Association of Forest Service Retirees@FSRetireesNat · Jul 15

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National Association of Forest Service Retirees@FSRetireesNat · Jul 13

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National Association of Forest Service Retirees@FSRetireesNat · Jul 11

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FSRetireesNat's tweet card. When the Trump administration announced executive actions aimed at increasing timber production on federal lands, Oregonians had mixed responses.

National Association of Forest Service Retirees@FSRetireesNat · Jul 8

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FSRetireesNat's tweet card. NEPA Revisions: Cutting red tape, strengthening stewardship | US Forest Service

National Association of Forest Service Retirees@FSRetireesNat · Jul 8

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FSRetireesNat's tweet card. A pair of executive orders calls for expanding access to national parks while also pointing out a growing maintenance backlog in them and in national

National Association of Forest Service Retirees@FSRetireesNat · Jul 8

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FSRetireesNat's tweet card. As president rolls out new conservation policies, a recent study suggests surcharges on international tourists to Yellowstone would help allay its maintenance backlog. Would it also deter internati...

National Association of Forest Service Retirees@FSRetireesNat · Jul 8

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FSRetireesNat's tweet card. By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.

National Association of Forest Service Retirees@FSRetireesNat · Jul 3

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FSRetireesNat's tweet card. Nature - Efforts by leaders of the US national academies to adjust to the new political reality have spurred member concerns about capitulation and censorship.

National Association of Forest Service Retirees@FSRetireesNat · Jul 1

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FSRetireesNat's tweet card. The order stays attempts by the U.S. Dept. of Labor to shutter the job training program until a related lawsuit is settled.