Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬#Firefighting Fire Sale
After #US #ForestService #layoffs, will #forprofit contractors protect you from #wildfires?
Like many of 3,400 Forest Service abruptly fired by #DOGE, Kloetzel’s permanent job offer last spring had come with a 1 year “probationary” period, with fewer job protections. Since he lives in Forest Service housing, he also lost his housing. Altogether, around quarter of the ranger district’s employees were fired. “It’s a bitter pill to swallow,” he says.
https://www.levernews.com/the-firefighting-fire-sale/
After #US #ForestService #layoffs, will #forprofit contractors protect you from #wildfires?
Like many of 3,400 Forest Service abruptly fired by #DOGE, Kloetzel’s permanent job offer last spring had come with a 1 year “probationary” period, with fewer job protections. Since he lives in Forest Service housing, he also lost his housing. Altogether, around quarter of the ranger district’s employees were fired. “It’s a bitter pill to swallow,” he says.
https://www.levernews.com/the-firefighting-fire-sale/
