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U.S. Fish and Wildfire firefighter Joe Murphy keeps an eye on the fire along the road during prescribed burn at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge on April 5, 2021 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Wildland firefighters’ health left unsupported after Trump administration guts cancer research programs (Opinion)

June 3, 2025 at 10:20 a.m.

The Trump administration laid off most of the staff working on the National Firefighter Registry for Cancer.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife firefighter Joe Murphy, left, and Denver firefighter Jordan Smith, right, keep an eye on the fire along the road during prescribed burn at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge on April 5, 2021 in Denver, Colorado. The controlled burn was an effort to invigorate about 875 acres of short-grass prairie just north of Denver. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Opinion: Mass firings of U.S. Forest Service workers will cut the muscle, not “trim the fat”

February 26, 2025 at 10:25 a.m.

The stories are heartbreaking: People working for the US Forest Service, National Park Service and other federal workers — some of them within weeks of ending probationary periods — fired.

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