Payette National Forest will conduct prescribed burns from March to July, aiming to enhance forest resilience and wildfire ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it will reinstate thousands of workers laid off in February starting this Wednesday.

In Valley County, Idaho, the Forest Service is the area’s third largest employer. A union steward there reported nearly four dozen layoffs.

Bryce Spare, who was a backcountry and snow ranger on the Payette National Forest, was also laid off. He said numerous cuts on the Payette in addition to an existing freeze on hiring seasonal ...

It’s where backcountry ranger and fill-in firefighter for the Payette National Forest Bryce Spare received the same termination letter Friday. Like Shea, Spare was told he was fired for poor ...

Since 2022, Kaylee Fritchen has worked as a forestry technician in the Payette National Forest in Idaho. The job requires spending half the year – typically May through October – in the remote ...

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The Lost Creek-Boulder Creek clear-cutting project on Idaho’s Payette National Forest would have lost nearly $22 million — but we stopped it in court. A 2019 report by the Center for a ...

“Given the recent layoffs at the Payette National Forest, we are concerned about the Forest Service’s ability to manage this high-risk project in addition to all their other responsibilities.” The ...