2017
2017-01-01 Trump proposed deep budget cuts to the U.S. Forest Service.
https://www.eesi.org/articles/view/what-is-cut-in-trumps-usda-budget-a-lot-it-turns-out#:~:text=The%20White%20House%20budget%20proposal%20for%202017,of%20the%20Rural%20Business%20and%20Cooperative%20Service%E2%80%9D
https://forestpolicypub.com/2017/05/24/a-deeper-dive-into-trumps-forest-service-budget/#:~:text=May%2025%2C%202017%20May%2024,2%25)%20over%20last%20year.
https://www.ecosystemmarketplace.com/articles/trump-budget/#:~:text=The%20budget%20%E2%80%9Creduces%20funding%20for,food%20safety%20and%20nutrition%20priorities.%E2%80%9D
https://www.wired.com/2017/03/trumps-trying-chainsaw-nearly-every-environmental-program/#:~:text=In%20another%20effort%20to%20reduce,Total%20cuts:%20$1.5%20billion
https://dailyyonder.com/presidents-proposed-budget-makes-deep-cuts-in-rural-programs/2017/03/16/#:~:text=You%20can%20make%20a%20tax,programs%2C%20such%20as%20land%20acquisition.
https://www.trcp.org/2017/03/16/trumps-proposed-budget-cut-conservation-right-needed/#:~:text=March%2016%2C%202017-,Slashed%20Budget%20Would%20Cut%20Conservation%20Right%20Where%20It’s%20Needed%20Most,outdoor%20recreation%20and%20tourism%20spending.
2018
2018-01-01 The Trump administration attempted to eliminate the Joint Fire Science Program entirely, which supports research on fire prevention and management.
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2018/08/as-wildfires-rage-trump-administration-plans-to-slash-fire-science-funding/
https://thebulletin.org/2018/08/trump-fiddles-while-california-burns/
https://www.iawfonline.org/article/a-future-without-the-joint-fire-science-program/
2025 February
2025-02-01 The Trump administration froze federal funds for wildfire prevention programs that were already approved by Congress.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-funding-freeze-wildfire-season
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-funding-freeze-halts-wildfire-prevention-work-2025-02-14/
https://www.padilla.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/padilla-raises-alarm-on-trump-administration-illegally-blocking-hundreds-of-billions-in-federal-support/
2025-02-14 The Trump administration fired around 3400 National Forest Service staff, followed by a “Fork in the Road” program encouraging remaining employees to resign or accept early retirement.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-forest-service-fires-3400-workers-park-service-cuts-1000-2025-02-14/
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/americas-park-and-forest-rangers-are-being-fired-and-oil-and-gas-bosses-are-now-in-charge/
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/LSB11277#:~:text=On%20January%2028%2C%202025%2C%20federal,on%20standing%20and%20jurisdictional%20grounds.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/feds-flabbergasted-by-trumps-mass-resignation-scheme/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CNo%20one%20I%20know%20is,in%20the%20email%20to%20staff.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/faq-what-to-know-about-trumps-plan-to-slash-the-federal-workforce/3828449/#:~:text=What’s%20the%20deferred%20resignation%20offer,to%20their%20offices%20full%2Dtime.
2025 June
2025-06-23 Trump rescinded the “Roadless Rule” that protects 58 million acres of the National Forest system, claiming it is to allow for fire prevention and timber production.
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/23/g-s1-74136/trump-to-rescind-roadless-rule-which-protects-58-million-acres-of-forest-land
2025 July
2025-07-01 The administration proposed a 65% budget cut to the U.S. Forest Service 2026 budget.
https://www.heinrich.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/heinrich-blasts-us-forest-service-chief-for-trump-budget-that-guts-funding-for-wildfire-response-and-public-safety
https://www.republic.land/cuts-at-the-u-s-forest-service-put-communities-health-and-safety-on-the-line/#:~:text=Since%20January%202025%2C%20the%20Trump,work%20declined%20by%2038%20percent.
2025 September
2025-09-04 The DOJ sued Southern Californian Edison, seeking $77M and blaming them for the Edison wildfires.
https://calmatters.org/environment/wildfires/2025/09/edison-caused-eaton-fire-feds-say/