Trump’s Overhaul of the U.S. Forest Service Sparks Outcry as Wildfire Season Looms
For 120 years, the U.S. Forest Service has stood as the steadfast guardian of nearly 200 million acres of America’s forests, grasslands, and watersheds. These public lands are treasured by hikers, hunters, families, and countless communities downstream who rely on healthy forests for clean air and water. Yet, as wildfire season rapidly approaches, the Trump administration is radically restructuring this historic agency—sparking alarm among scientists, firefighters, lawmakers, and conservationists nationwide. What the administration calls “streamlining” amounts to widespread closures and upheaval: every regional Forest Service office is shutting down, 57 of 77 research facilities are being shuttered, and the agency’s












