continued: Forest Service staff w/ expertise & passion to solve forest management problems affecting you whether you live in a wildfire prone area or depend on a water supply that routes from your national forests are being recklessly and cruelly discarded. I'm Still Standing!

Looks like Forest Service research will lose ~ 1/3 of its staff as a result of the Deferred Resignation 2 blackmail. We were presented with the difficult choice of taking the resignation and 4 mos of continued pay or declining the offer and accepting the uncertain, but probable risk of layoff. more:

By way of introduction Part 2: Hydrology "because the water tastes funny when you are far from your home but it's only the thirsty who hunger to roam" (and BTW: I'm a huge John Prine fan)

By way of introduction Part 1: I have visited about 35 National Parks-- I've rafted and hiked the Grand Canyon and spent weeks and months in the Yosemite high country.