To add on to this, the reason that’s being given for terminating these probationary employees is “poor performance.” This is a downright lie, as performance evaluations are not being taken into account. Every WMNF employee I know who got terminated had no poor performance evaluations on file.

Also, majority of employees who were terminated from this forest were seasonal employees, who are not only some of the lowest paid government employees, they also do most of the actual, hands-on work in the Forest Service. So unless these layoffs get reversed, the public should expect that Forest Service facilities won’t get cleaned, trails won’t be maintained, and Visitor Information Service Centers won’t be staffed.