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The Ten Standard Firefighting Orders are a set of systematically organized rules designed by a USDA Forest Service task force to reduce danger to personnel and increase fire fighting efficiency. [1] [2] They were introduced in 1957 and since then only the numbering changed, in order to make them easier to memorize. [3]
The Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960 (or MUSYA) (Public Law 86-517) is a federal law passed by the United States Congress on June 12, 1960. This law authorizes and directs the Secretary of Agriculture to develop and administer the renewable resources of timber, range, water, recreation and wildlife on the national forests for multiple use and sustained yield of the products and services.
Tens of thousands of United States federal civil service workers have been laid off or fired since the start of the second presidency of Donald Trump in January 2025, in what the Trump administration has said is an effort to reduce federal expenditures, shrink the federal payroll, reduce the ability of the government to regulate industry, and reduce the role of government in U.S. society.
The directive, issued earlier this week, could impact more than 200,000 federal employees. ... U.S. Department of Agriculture. The U.S. Forest Service, housed under the Agriculture Department ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has directed agency officials to review and remove content related to climate change from its public websites, according to internal emails obtained by ABC News.
The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands covering 193 million acres (780,000 km 2) of land. [5]
The Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 requires the Secretary of Agriculture to prepare a Renewable Resource Assessment, including: (1) an analysis of present and anticipated uses, demand for, and supply of the forest and related resources, with consideration of the international forest resource situation, and an analysis of pertinent supply and demand and price ...
The Under Secretary is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the United States Forest Service. With the rank of Under Secretary, the USC(NRE) is a Level III position within the Executive Schedule. Since January 2024, the annual rate of pay for Level III is $204,000.