Also gone: Many amazing, long-term staff members who recently were promoted and were in new probationary periods, new shining stars in their probationary periods, and experts who worked for the agency for years as contractors.

😃 So not a religious thing, but perhaps a holy thing.

Apparently grey squirrels bury over 96% of the seeds they gather, fail to recover 30%, and eat infested and rotting seeds first (quality ones remain in the ground and potential pests are eaten), making them important reforestation partners.