Trump's efforts to reshape the U.S. Forest Service face pushback

"I'm very suspicious of these reorganization proposals." Rich Fairbanks is a retired wildland firefighter in Oregon. Trump's executive order does come as the Administration is trying to consolidate and downsize USDA and its Forest Service while closing most of its regional offices in the west. Fairbanks isn't buying that Trump wants to reform federal wildfire response especially since he's pushing changes in the middle of summer wildfire season. "This Administration wants to create chaos and to break federal agencies. I'm sorry, that's the only explanation that makes sense!"

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