US Fish and Wildlife staff down more than a third nationwide, 35% in Idaho since Trump 2.0
A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist examines macroinvertebrates at the National Elk Refuge near Jackson Hole, Wyo. The agency has lost 1,900 scientists due to early retirements, buyouts and cuts under the Trump Administration. (Photo by Kari Cieszkiewicz/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
The number of people staffing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has dropped by 3,600 during President Donald Trump’s second term, according to federal data obtained by the nonprofit conservation group Center for Biological Diversity.
Oregon, California, Alaska and Washington have seen some of the steepest losses, according to the agency’s year-over-year staff rosters obtained via a public records request by Noah Greenwald, endangered species director at the center.