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Residents urge city to press state, federal leaders after local federal staffing cuts hit fire and agriculture services
Summary
Residents at the East Wenatchee City Council meeting described recent federal probationary-employee terminations and hiring freezes that they say are reducing capacity at local wildland fire crews and agricultural research facilities, and asked the council to request action from the governor and congressional delegation.
Two longtime local natural-resources professionals urged the East Wenatchee City Council on March 4 to ask the governor and members of the congressional delegation to reverse recent federal probationary-employee terminations and free frozen appropriated funds.
Russ Truman, a resident who retired as a Forest Service fire management officer, said recent personnel losses have hit the Wenatchee National Forest and the local Bureau of Land Management office and have left some wildland firefighting units unable to hire seasonal staff this spring. "I know I asked to know what you think about this topic and commit to writing a letter," Truman…
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