Russ Mason: DOGE cuts impacting fish and wildlife management
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There’s been plenty of recent attention paid to Elon Musk and the effects of his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Unsurprisingly, little has been said about impacts to natural resources conservation.
The exceptions have been personnel cuts to U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and National Park Service (NPS) programs that support outdoor recreation and wildfire management. Fish and wildlife conservation have barely entered the conversation, perhaps because much of the press, like most Americans, don’t really understand what’s at stake. After all, 85% of Americans don’t fish and 95% don’t hunt.
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