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Trump's efforts to reshape the U.S. Forest Service face pushback

By Kirk Siegler
Published August 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM PDT

With federal wildfire response resources nearly maxed out, President Trump says he's consolidating them into a new agency. Congress is trying to tap the brakes.

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Kirk Siegler
As a correspondent on NPR's national desk, Kirk Siegler covers rural life, culture and politics from his base in Boise, Idaho.
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