The Trump administration's cuts to federal land management agencies have created an uncertain future on Oregon's public lands.

The Trump administration Friday continued its mass firing of thousands of probationary federal employees in an attempt to remove workers recently hired under the Biden administration and to cull the federal workforce.

MEDFORD, Ore. - The U.S. Forest Service is grappling with a wave of 2,000 probationary worker layoffs, a direct consequence of the Trump administration’s push to reduce federal spending. As

Oregon U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley were among a dozen other lawmakers recently calling on the Trump administration to exempt seasonal firefighters from its temporary federal hiring freeze. Soon after being inaugurated in January,

The federal freeze prevents the hiring of seasonal staff to conduct annual monitoring of the endangered species, according to the Center for Biological Diversity.

A wave of mass firings and a hiring freeze implemented by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has some environmentalists worried over the fate of endangered species in southern Oregon.