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

According to a filing by the Federal Worker Rights Organization, those who where fired were reinstated for 45 days.

including 34 workers at Idaho's Payette National Forest. More than 150 displaced workers and community members gathered in McCall to protest the layoffs and express concerns about their impact on ...

McCALL — All Payette National Forest probationary employees who were fired in February must be temporarily reinstated, a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

In comments submitted Monday to the U.S. Forest Service, the groups urged the Service to reject the proposed Stibnite Gold Project, which would resume mining activities in the Stibnite Mining District ...

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 ...