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The Forest Service Claims It's Fully Staffed. Data Shows Thousands of Unfilled Jobs

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ProPublica
Published
2025-07-22
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    Internal Forest Service data obtained by ProPublica showed more than 4,500 firefighting positions, as many as 27 percent, vacant on July 17 despite public claims that the agency had met 99 percent of its hiring goal.

    Passages and source records documenting: More than 4,500 Forest Service firefighting jobs remained vacant

    More than 4,500 Forest Service firefighting jobs remained vacant · Internal data showed vacancies at the July 17 wildfire-season checkpoint