Articles tagged as: united states forest service

Concealed, Loaded Guns Allowed in National Parks

WASHINGTON, DC, December 5, 2008 (ENS) – For the first time in 25 years, people will be able to carry loaded, concealed weapons in national parks and wildlife refuges under a new rule approved by the Bush administration today. The new rule overturns a 25 year old regulation that required guns in parks to be [...]

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Forest Service Plans to Relocate Jobs Out of Forests

WASHINGTON, DC, January 14, 2008 (ENS) – The U.S. Forest Service is poised to restructure the agency so that land management planning jobs are removed from individual forests, according to Service documents released today by a national association of government employees in natural resources agencies. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, PEER, says the resulting reorganization [...]

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