Colorado, like many other states in the West, relies on federal firefighting teams to battle large-scale fires across its ...

Trump administration's Forest Service layoffs spark fears of heightened wildfire risks in the Western United States.

Coupled with decreased funding and a leadership whose agenda disregards environmental preservation, the future seems dull.

Officials say the largest fire is happening in Uwharrie National Forest in Montgomery County, with about 300 acres burned, ...

Colorado officials are raising concern that a Trump Administration decision to fire about 3,400 U.S. Forest Service employees ...

Scott, a Forest Service firefighter with six years of experience in the Western United States ... Nevada is one of the few ...

“It means that it’s an all hands on deck moment for the forest service, for wildland firefighters, who sacrificed so much to bravely protect communities. For farmland managers and for others in terms ...

The U.S. Forest Service fired 2,000 probationary workers. The agency says none were "operational firefighters," but some helped battle wildfires.

"It really is mismanagement at its worst, and it's going to have a devastating impact for states like Nevada," Sen. Cortez Masto said of Trump firings.

A freeze on the hiring and onboarding of thousands of federal firefighters could have deadly consequences as the national ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado’s senators and U.S. representatives issued a joint statement Friday, urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to reinstate the roughly 3,400 United States Forest Service ...

That work, which includes shredding of trees and vegetation, is to protect the community from wildfire as well as improve ...