U.S. Forest Service offices in Portland charged with wildfire prevention, scientific research, forestland management and conservation across the Northwest would be shuttered and moved out of state und ...

The proposal calls for cutting 2,600 USDA jobs in DC and expanding the department’s footprint in five regional hubs: North ...

The Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Region Headquarters would be closed and the Pacific Northwest Research Station would ...

With the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announcing a major reorganization plan, lawmakers met to grill Deputy ...

D.C. area offices slated to close are BARC, the George Washington Carver Center (GWCC) in Beltsville, Braddock Place in ...

The surprise reorg announcement last week was a flash point at a hearing Thursday, where senators expressed displeasure about ...

Erickson pointed out that Fort Collins’ locality rate is 30.52 percent, resulting in almost no payroll savings. And although Salt Lake City’s locality rate is 17.06 percent, Utah’s public land is ...

Agriculture Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden today vigorously defended the Trump administration’s proposal to reorganize the Agriculture Department at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing. “President ...

Agriculture Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden staunchly defended USDA’s reorganization plan at the Senate Agriculture Committee Wednesday, saying it would make the department more efficient and allow ...

The plan is not yet finalized and still subject to change, USDA Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden repeatedly stressed to members ...