Founder’s desk

In February, funding and hiring freezes, and mass layoffs, affected all fire and forestry related agencies as the Trump-Vance administration brings “workforce optimization” to the federal government’s functioning. Paradoxically, these Executive Orders come on the heels of one of America’s costliest disasters in modern history–the devastating LA County fires. It is clear that ongoing trends in wildfire impacts necessitate an expanded, cross-trained, and year-round fire and forestry workforce across all levels of partnership.