Outside

The Messy Business of Building Trails in the Era of Trump Cuts

In 2022, a conservation nonprofit called the Deschutes Trails Coalition (DTC) started working with the U.S. Forest Service to build and maintain hundreds of miles of hiking trails in central Oregon.
Outside

The Forest Service Is Losing 2,400 Jobs—Including Most of Its Trail Workers

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Standard-Examiner

Ogden City’s acquisition of US Forest Service building complete; renovation to come

OGDEN — A historic property is now in the hands of Ogden City with plans to preserve it and utilize it for generations to come. On Friday, the city sent out a press release announcing that the ...
The New York Times

He Built an Airstrip on Protected Land. Now He’s in Line to Lead the Forest Service.

Michael Boren, nominated by President Trump, is accused of threatening trail workers with a helicopter, building an airstrip without a permit and putting a cabin on federal property. Michael Boren, ...