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Hiring freeze, cuts at Forest Service and BLM limit seasonal rec staffing
Summary
BLM staff and a Forest Service representative said federal staffing reductions and a hiring freeze will reduce seasonal rangers and recreation staff, potentially shrinking river programs and increasing reliance on volunteers for trail maintenance.
BLM and Forest Service representatives told the Emery County travel-and-trails committee that federal staffing reductions and a hiring freeze will constrain recreation operations this season.
Jayden, who provided the BLM office update, said the agency had not yet lost employees but faces a hiring freeze that prevents filling vacant positions: “However, we do have the hiring freeze, which is…
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