APHIS may be the most important federal office most people have never heard of. It's the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service inside USDA and they prevent invasive pests from destroying US agriculture.
A friend worked there for a long time and I thought the work she did was really vital.
As the fired worker says in this piece, one mistake could wipe out billions of $$ in crops.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/usda-fired-expert-invasive-pests-can-decimate-crops-rcna194913



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