Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest Service employees returned to work on March 24 after being laid off on Valentine's Day.

President Donald Trump has instructed federal agencies to increase logging on national forests nationwide, including in Washington state, counter to decades of environmental policy and protections.

After four years as lead animal packer for the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Goodrich was fired Feb. 13 as part of the Trump administration’s widespread purge of the federal workforce.

One fired employee who worked in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest told The Seattle Times he has taken a new job as a ...

Omak is also filled with and surrounded by greenery. In particular, the nearby Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest offers ...

Most recently, Bail served as the deputy regional forester for the Southwestern Region and previously as forest supervisor for the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest in Washington State.She also ...

Gregg Bafundo was laid off last month from his job as a wilderness ranger and wildland firefighter in Washington's Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest. Bafundo is among those who have at least ...

Before that, she was the forest supervisor of the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest in Washington, a role she began Sept. 1, 2019. Her past five-and-a-half years with the Forest Service were ...

An emergency designation of 176,000 square miles of U.S. Forest Service land effectively rolls back environmental protections ...

WENATCHEE -- Okanogan-Wenatchee U.S. Forest Service employees returned to work March 24 after being laid off on Valentine's Day. Employees like those in Local 34 of the National Federation of ...