Valentine's Day Firings

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Trump cuts may cost a trout-brooding, Wyoming toad-rearing federal hatchery its entire staff

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Trump cuts may cost a trout-brooding, Wyoming toad-rearing federal hatchery its entire staff

A 110-year-old facility is still operating, but the federal government’s DOGE initiative has shrunk the staff to two and put the hatchery in a position that could overturn its workforce completely.

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Trump Cuts will Hurt Valley Wildlife Refuges and More

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Trump Cuts will Hurt Valley Wildlife Refuges and More

One of the great wildlife recovery stories in United States’ history began in the mid-1980s when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFW) and other agencies began the Aleutian Cackling Goose recovery program. Then listed as endangered, the Aleutian Goose population had declined to fewer than 700 individuals.

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Biologist, maintenance head at Kaua‘i National Wildlife Refuge Complex among thousands fired by Trump administration

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Biologist, maintenance head at Kaua‘i National Wildlife Refuge Complex among thousands fired by Trump administration

Biologist Bryn Webber was passionate about her work to save native Hawaiian birds that are under attack by disease-spreading mosquitoes, predators and habitat loss — and in danger of going extinct — at the Kauaʻi National Wildlife Refuge Complex.

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People brace for impacts on land, water and wildlife after feds fire thousands over holiday weekend

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People brace for impacts on land, water and wildlife after feds fire thousands over holiday weekend

Career employees told HCN they were unsettled by the termination email sent by HR, which cited ‘performance issues.’

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These park rangers oversaw Florida’s only manatee refuge. Then they were fired.

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These park rangers oversaw Florida’s only manatee refuge. Then they were fired.

The Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to the federal workforce are impacting the only national refuge created specifically for threatened manatees.

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'Unfortunately, you're all fired': Federal layoffs hit Louisiana national wildlife refuges

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'Unfortunately, you're all fired': Federal layoffs hit Louisiana national wildlife refuges

Mackenzie Kleinpeter logged into work Friday, thinking her job as a wildlife biologist and oil and gas specialist at the Southwest Louisiana National Wildlife Refuges Complex was safe from recent federal layoffs.

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Three U.S. Fish & Wildlife workers were fired from John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge. Another was sacked in S. Jersey.

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Three U.S. Fish & Wildlife workers were fired from John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge. Another was sacked in S. Jersey.

All three sacked employees from the Heinz refuge were under the one-year mark in employment. One of them —a bio-technology worker —was just two weeks shy of a full year of service.

Mass Firing of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Employees Threaten National Wildlife Refuge System & Conservation

Mass Firing of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Employees Threaten National Wildlife Refuge System & Conservation

The National Wildlife Refuge Association is deeply alarmed by today’s Department of the Interior-wide termination of approximately 370 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees, many of whom are critical to the mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System. These firings, which disproportionately target biologists and natural resource professionals, are a direct attack on science-based conservation and the future of America’s wildlife.