https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/01/trump-timber-production-executive-order-wildfires/80955883007/

https://www.foxla.com/news/carlos-baltazar-missing-california-firefighter-identified-human-remains The Brief: Carlos Baltazar, a Big Bear Hotshot, was last seen Sept. 20, 2020. The San Bernardino County Coroner's Office identified his remains in Feb. 2025. His official cause of death remains unknown.

I created a monster. A victim told me to come here. Here I am.

The hiring freeze is over. You meatbags just didn't make the cut.

*Update 7:45pm EST. Bill passed Congress. Still has to be signed into law. Unclear on what's in it at this time regarding WFPPA or Supplemental pay. *

Trump-backed spending deal tanked after Musk wades in, with government shutdown imminent per Yahoo News.

Grab your steel cup off the bottom of your Nalgene. Time to pan-handle for gas money for the next month you essential employee.

It has been an honor and a pleasure.

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Earlier today, DOI released their departmental-level summary for their FY26 budget request: https://www.doi.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025-06/fy26bibentire-book508060125.pdf. USDA released their summary a few days ago, which was highlighted in an earlier post.

DOI’s summary includes a section for the new “U.S. Wildland Fire Service,” which would replace OWF and be a bureau-level organization within DOI. Overall the request would provide $3.7b in dedicated base funding for the service, which is equivalent to the total of the base funding provided to the the two departments for their individual WFM and haz fuels programs in FY25 ($1.1b for DOI, $2.6 for FS).

Additional details will likely be made available with the release of the account-specific congressional justification books in the coming weeks/months. These materials will give a better idea of what trade offs the Admin. would make to pay for standing up a new agency without providing a significant increase in dedicated funding above baseline levels to do so.

Of course, the normal caveats apply regarding these budget requests being an initial offer of sorts from the Admin., with Congress generally having a final say.

FS says prep doesn't qualify, while DOI says prep does qualify...

This is what I woke up to this morning. Thoughts?