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David Malcom: Give Thanks and Support to Federal Staff

March 3, 2025

By David Malcom Well, that’s a wrap. Today, I resigned as the acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Environmental Management — and my permanent position as the Director of […]

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Ben Shreves: Landscapes in Greater Peril Than Ever Before

March 1, 2025

By Ben Shreves I lost my job. A position I had been working toward for nearly a decade. Work that kept me outside for long hours, under extreme conditions, with […]

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Charlie Plybon: Value of Federal Agencies Can’t Be Measured

February 28, 2025

By Charlie Plybon On Thursday, Feb. 27th, along with hundreds of other NOAA employees, my partner Cristen Don lost her job. She was fired without cause and received the standard […]

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Matt Counts: Federal Land Management Will Never Recover

February 22, 2025

By Matt Counts Fire season is coming. I can’t sit in silence any longer. The short-sighted decision to unfairly fire the best employees in the federal land management agencies will […]

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Robert Anderson: Needed Services Systematically Destroyed

February 22, 2025

By Robert Anderson I was fired, along with thousands of other members of the federal government. I want to share this story with my friends and family, not because I’m […]

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Emily Guss: My Heart, My Dedication, My Passion, My Life

February 21, 2025

By Emily Guss On Friday, Feb. 14th, I, along with many others, was terminated. At 6:45 p.m., an email arrived that stopped my heart, my dedication, my passion, my life. […]

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Bob Doucette: Cost of Disaster Outweighs Savings

February 21, 2025

By Bob Doucette I’ve seen a mix of DOGE fanboy and fangirl praise, along with people who are angry at the “work” DOGE is doing. I figured I’d chime in […]

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Bruce Lindner: Republicans Complicit in Ukraine Betrayal

February 21, 2025

By Bruce Lindner Dear Republicans, We get it. You all saw what he did to Liz Cheney, and you don’t want that to happen to you. Short of outright political […]

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Daniel Newberry: The Silence from the Supreme Court is Deafening

February 19, 2025

By Daniel Newberry On Thursday, Feb. 13th, I received an email from the Human Resources department at Bonneville Power Administration (U.S. Department of Energy) stating I was being fired because […]

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Kendra Owenby: Preservation of Public Lands is Ingrained in Me

February 18, 2025

By Kendra Owenby I’m sharing this news with much sadness, disappointment, frustration, and lots of other emotions. On Friday, Feb. 14th, I received notification I had been terminated from my […]

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