Hannah Burrack
@burrackbugs.bsky.social
Professor and Chairperson
Department of Entomology, Michigan State University
Opinions are mine.
Department of Entomology, Michigan State University
Opinions are mine.
Statement from the grape industry: graperesearch.org/2025/02/19/f...
Federal Funding Freezes and Staff Cuts Make Untold Impact on Grape Research - National Grape Research Alliance
For immediate release SACRAMENTO, CA, February 20, 2025 – One week after news of the firing of staff scientists at the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) began to unfold across the country, th...
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February 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Statement from the grape industry: graperesearch.org/2025/02/19/f...
All but one employee managing 300,000 acres of woodland in Washington was fired last week. Among their duties? Trash and human waste removal. Either these spaces won't be legally accessible to the public moving forward or they will be a literal trash pile. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/c...
Trump’s Cuts Could Make Parks and Forests More Dangerous, Employees Say
Thousands of employees who helped oversee vast areas of wilderness have lost their jobs in President Trump’s moves to shrink the federal work force.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM
All but one employee managing 300,000 acres of woodland in Washington was fired last week. Among their duties? Trash and human waste removal. Either these spaces won't be legally accessible to the public moving forward or they will be a literal trash pile. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/c...
There was a legitimate belief that messing with agriculture would be a low priority for the new administration. The last week confirmed that's not true. Growers need to understand that the support they have advocated for is being eroded just like everything else. www.goodfruit.com/mass-layoffs...
Mass layoffs of federal workers will include scientists working for the fruit industry
On Thursday, Feb. 13, the Trump administration began serious cutbacks to the federal workforce, laying off recently hired employees across numerous agencies, including scientists and technicians worki...
www.goodfruit.com
February 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
There was a legitimate belief that messing with agriculture would be a low priority for the new administration. The last week confirmed that's not true. Growers need to understand that the support they have advocated for is being eroded just like everything else. www.goodfruit.com/mass-layoffs...
More documentation: www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
I get we're also on the verge of international crisis, but I'm still baffled this isn't at the top of domestic news. 150,000 people fired in a matter of two days with no strategy or plan other than maximum cruelty.
I get we're also on the verge of international crisis, but I'm still baffled this isn't at the top of domestic news. 150,000 people fired in a matter of two days with no strategy or plan other than maximum cruelty.
USDA probationary staff fired at three agencies, sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has fired probationary staff at two U.S. Department of Agriculture research agencies and its farm loan agency, three sources familiar with the situation said on Friday.
www.reuters.com
February 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
More documentation: www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
I get we're also on the verge of international crisis, but I'm still baffled this isn't at the top of domestic news. 150,000 people fired in a matter of two days with no strategy or plan other than maximum cruelty.
I get we're also on the verge of international crisis, but I'm still baffled this isn't at the top of domestic news. 150,000 people fired in a matter of two days with no strategy or plan other than maximum cruelty.
This thread contains lots of documentation from lots of agencies: www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...
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February 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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From the Forest Service. www.politico.com?fbclid=IwY2x...
February 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
From the Forest Service. www.politico.com?fbclid=IwY2x...