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Senate committee presses Forest Service over staffing cuts, fuel-program transfer to Interior
Summary
Senator Heinrich pressed the Forest Service chief about agency staffing and funding decisions that he said risk slowing hazardous fuels treatment and leaving states without critical support.
Senator Heinrich pressed the Forest Service chief about agency staffing and funding decisions that he said risk slowing hazardous fuels treatment and leaving states without critical support.
"Chief, you've talked recently about how your budget is constrained because you need to pay out accrued vacation time for the 5,000 forest service employees who opted into the deferred resignation program," Senator Heinrich said, asking which programs would be affected by that payout.
The chief replied, "So, Senator Heinrich, we're using primarily IRA and IIJ funds to pay those out. Those are the funds that are being used for that." When Heinrich asked whether that had affected the decision to zero…
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