r/Wildfire • u/Bazryel • Mar 06 '25

News (General) Mass USFS firings will strain nation's wildfire fighting force

https://wildfiretoday.com/2025/03/06/mass-usfs-firings-effect-on-wildland-firefighters/?fbclid=IwY2xjawI2_i9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHUm3J42Ixc_fAWoBiKIjwvzL6IqwXasNXkJwWbXOJAk0AkeRZo9lcbYGjw_aem_Lki4cCZ6ubdwA0IqcZUE7Q
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u/bob_lafollette Mar 06 '25

Im currently reading “The Big Burn” and the parallels between then and now is mind blowing. After TR left office the President and many members of Congress were vehemently opposed to the FS and were doing damn near everything in their power to destroy the agency.

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u/Wanderingghost12 State Mar 06 '25

Is that book any good? I don't know very much about the Taft administration

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u/No_Mind3009 Mar 07 '25

I still tear up about the man that died going back for his parrot