Alt US Forest Service
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📣 Speaking for the trees, and:
🌲 600 million forest acres
💚 193 million acres public land
🥾 164,000 miles of trails
🎣 400,000 miles of streams
🪵 Billions of board feet timber
🚰 Trillions of gallons clean water
🚫Not affiliated with USDA Forest Service
🌲 600 million forest acres
💚 193 million acres public land
🥾 164,000 miles of trails
🎣 400,000 miles of streams
🪵 Billions of board feet timber
🚰 Trillions of gallons clean water
🚫Not affiliated with USDA Forest Service
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We need some more tree-posting on this app.
This is the oldest known living Douglas-fir in Oregon (and maybe in North America?) I cored it to near the pith in 2006 and was able to re-visit it recently with some other forest scientists.
It is at least 1015 years old, but probably ~1050.
This is the oldest known living Douglas-fir in Oregon (and maybe in North America?) I cored it to near the pith in 2006 and was able to re-visit it recently with some other forest scientists.
It is at least 1015 years old, but probably ~1050.
December 16, 2025 at 2:23 AM
We need some more tree-posting on this app.
This is the oldest known living Douglas-fir in Oregon (and maybe in North America?) I cored it to near the pith in 2006 and was able to re-visit it recently with some other forest scientists.
It is at least 1015 years old, but probably ~1050.
This is the oldest known living Douglas-fir in Oregon (and maybe in North America?) I cored it to near the pith in 2006 and was able to re-visit it recently with some other forest scientists.
It is at least 1015 years old, but probably ~1050.
#AltGov ran with the hashtag #AltCitizen to honor original thinkers, idealists, and people who, in their best moments, embody noble civic virtues, especially when faced with adversity.
There’s risk in running an #AltGov account, but not nearly a smidge as risky as working as a journalist today:
There’s risk in running an #AltGov account, but not nearly a smidge as risky as working as a journalist today:
“Asian wife sharing,” Pentagon press policy, and me: Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.
www.motherjones.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:20 AM
#AltGov ran with the hashtag #AltCitizen to honor original thinkers, idealists, and people who, in their best moments, embody noble civic virtues, especially when faced with adversity.
There’s risk in running an #AltGov account, but not nearly a smidge as risky as working as a journalist today:
There’s risk in running an #AltGov account, but not nearly a smidge as risky as working as a journalist today:
Heads up to Forest Service families & visitors at Cherokee National Forest: a white supremacist group’s Southeast Tennessee compound is approx. 4 miles from from USFS lands outside Tellico Plains, TN.
Note nearby Gee Creek wilderness, Hiwassee River State Park.
Your best defense is awareness.
Note nearby Gee Creek wilderness, Hiwassee River State Park.
Your best defense is awareness.
December 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Heads up to Forest Service families & visitors at Cherokee National Forest: a white supremacist group’s Southeast Tennessee compound is approx. 4 miles from from USFS lands outside Tellico Plains, TN.
Note nearby Gee Creek wilderness, Hiwassee River State Park.
Your best defense is awareness.
Note nearby Gee Creek wilderness, Hiwassee River State Park.
Your best defense is awareness.
Unsure why this still shocks me— the “mafia” style efforts at running the federal government, that is.
Anyway, since Trump is threatening the state with ruination, plan a visit to Hoosier National Forest soon.
Lots of opportunities including hiking, scenic drives, climbing / caving to name a few.
Anyway, since Trump is threatening the state with ruination, plan a visit to Hoosier National Forest soon.
Lots of opportunities including hiking, scenic drives, climbing / caving to name a few.
December 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Unsure why this still shocks me— the “mafia” style efforts at running the federal government, that is.
Anyway, since Trump is threatening the state with ruination, plan a visit to Hoosier National Forest soon.
Lots of opportunities including hiking, scenic drives, climbing / caving to name a few.
Anyway, since Trump is threatening the state with ruination, plan a visit to Hoosier National Forest soon.
Lots of opportunities including hiking, scenic drives, climbing / caving to name a few.
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🚨🚨🚨I’ve talked before about how our records are NOT the most up to date and should NOT be used in this way. It WILL result in citizens being denied their constitutional right to vote. You can submit public comments until 12/12 and I urge you to please do so!! Spread the word!! #AltCitizen alert🚨🚨🚨
In May, the Trump Admin secretly--and probably illegally--began using SSA data to verify voters' citizenship.
One big problem: Social Security data don’t have complete or up-to-date citizenship info, so this could disenfranchise U.S. citizens ahead of the midterms.
www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-a...
One big problem: Social Security data don’t have complete or up-to-date citizenship info, so this could disenfranchise U.S. citizens ahead of the midterms.
www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-a...
Trump Administration’s Legally Dubious Misuse of Social Security Data Risks Disenfranchising Eligible Voters
Friday, December 12 is the deadline for public comments on a policy the Trump Administration secretly adopted in May, giving the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) access to personal data from the....
www.cbpp.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🚨🚨🚨I’ve talked before about how our records are NOT the most up to date and should NOT be used in this way. It WILL result in citizens being denied their constitutional right to vote. You can submit public comments until 12/12 and I urge you to please do so!! Spread the word!! #AltCitizen alert🚨🚨🚨
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Ah..the airing of the grievances! Please feel free to use this space to air yours!
December 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Ah..the airing of the grievances! Please feel free to use this space to air yours!
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Next up the senate, when this passes it will protect the rights of a million federal workers like us.
#yourvoicematters #yourworkmatters #bettertogether #unionsmatter
#yourvoicematters #yourworkmatters #bettertogether #unionsmatter
December 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Next up the senate, when this passes it will protect the rights of a million federal workers like us.
#yourvoicematters #yourworkmatters #bettertogether #unionsmatter
#yourvoicematters #yourworkmatters #bettertogether #unionsmatter
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Cost of living in California near Yosemite National Park is notoriously high. Even so, federal officials are slashing wage rates for blue-collar workers, sparking outrage from the local union.
Yosemite National Park Employees Brace for Pay Cuts as Feds Slash Blue-Collar Wages, Outraging the Union
Cost of living in California near Yosemite National Park is notoriously high. Even so, federal officials are slashing wage rates for blue-collar workers, sparking outrage from the local union.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Cost of living in California near Yosemite National Park is notoriously high. Even so, federal officials are slashing wage rates for blue-collar workers, sparking outrage from the local union.
Action you can take in solidarity with Tribes.
SACRED INDIGENOUS LAND AND RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK
In the sacred Ȟe Sápa, known in English as the Black Hills of South Dakota, the Lakota sacred site known as Pe’ Sla (“pay-SHLAH”) is currently under attack by mining activity.
✍🏽 Add your name today: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ad...
In the sacred Ȟe Sápa, known in English as the Black Hills of South Dakota, the Lakota sacred site known as Pe’ Sla (“pay-SHLAH”) is currently under attack by mining activity.
✍🏽 Add your name today: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ad...
PROTECT SACRED SITE PE’SLA
Sign this petition to protect sacred site Pe'Sla: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/add-your-name-protect-sacred-site-pesla
actionnetwork.org
December 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Action you can take in solidarity with Tribes.
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Great coverage by @kqednews.kqed.org of the "dubiously legal" moves to manipulate NPS staff performance review, as well as planned wage cuts of up to $3.5/hour for Yosemite maintenance employees. The hits keep coming.
December 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Great coverage by @kqednews.kqed.org of the "dubiously legal" moves to manipulate NPS staff performance review, as well as planned wage cuts of up to $3.5/hour for Yosemite maintenance employees. The hits keep coming.
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Exclusive: Historic preservation group sues Trump over planned ballroom.
The National Trust, charged by Congress with preserving historical buildings, says lawsuit is “last resort” after Trump officials ignored pleas.
They’re asking for immediate halt to project.
w @jonathanreports.bsky.social
The National Trust, charged by Congress with preserving historical buildings, says lawsuit is “last resort” after Trump officials ignored pleas.
They’re asking for immediate halt to project.
w @jonathanreports.bsky.social
National Trust sues to stop Trump’s ballroom construction
The organization, which is charged by Congress with historic preservation, is seeking to halt construction on one of the president’s priorities.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Exclusive: Historic preservation group sues Trump over planned ballroom.
The National Trust, charged by Congress with preserving historical buildings, says lawsuit is “last resort” after Trump officials ignored pleas.
They’re asking for immediate halt to project.
w @jonathanreports.bsky.social
The National Trust, charged by Congress with preserving historical buildings, says lawsuit is “last resort” after Trump officials ignored pleas.
They’re asking for immediate halt to project.
w @jonathanreports.bsky.social
Good.
The insult to injury would be allowing construction of Trump’s grotesque ballroom.
Make them fight tooth and nail to build it.
On a lighter note, nice to see Laura Bush’s Linden tree hanging in there with a protective fence around it.
The insult to injury would be allowing construction of Trump’s grotesque ballroom.
Make them fight tooth and nail to build it.
On a lighter note, nice to see Laura Bush’s Linden tree hanging in there with a protective fence around it.
December 13, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Good.
The insult to injury would be allowing construction of Trump’s grotesque ballroom.
Make them fight tooth and nail to build it.
On a lighter note, nice to see Laura Bush’s Linden tree hanging in there with a protective fence around it.
The insult to injury would be allowing construction of Trump’s grotesque ballroom.
Make them fight tooth and nail to build it.
On a lighter note, nice to see Laura Bush’s Linden tree hanging in there with a protective fence around it.
This exchange is worth watching, if you haven’t already seen it.
Takeaway for me is the regime is making up an imaginary threat, “Antifa,” on-the-fly.
Basically: anyone they don’t like is a terrorist.
Post critical of Trump?
Antifa.
Union organizing?
Antifa.
GOTV, but blue?
You get it.
Takeaway for me is the regime is making up an imaginary threat, “Antifa,” on-the-fly.
Basically: anyone they don’t like is a terrorist.
Post critical of Trump?
Antifa.
Union organizing?
Antifa.
GOTV, but blue?
You get it.
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
This exchange is worth watching, if you haven’t already seen it.
Takeaway for me is the regime is making up an imaginary threat, “Antifa,” on-the-fly.
Basically: anyone they don’t like is a terrorist.
Post critical of Trump?
Antifa.
Union organizing?
Antifa.
GOTV, but blue?
You get it.
Takeaway for me is the regime is making up an imaginary threat, “Antifa,” on-the-fly.
Basically: anyone they don’t like is a terrorist.
Post critical of Trump?
Antifa.
Union organizing?
Antifa.
GOTV, but blue?
You get it.
“‘How do you … tell us that you’re trying to improve the service of the agency, that you’re trying to make it work better for farmers and all USDA constituents, if you’re not actually talking to anybody?’“
1/ Today's Farm Policy News Summary covers how the #USDA "will complete a #reorganization of more than half the current D.C.-based staff to five regional hubs across the U.S. by the end of 2026, Deputy #Agriculture Secretary Stephen Vaden" said.
farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2025/12/usda...
farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2025/12/usda...
USDA Reorganization to be Completed in 2026, Vaden Says - Farm Policy News
The Agriculture Department will complete a reorganization of more than half the current D.C.-based staff to five regional hubs across the U.S. by the end of 2026, Deputy Agriculture Secretary Stephen ...
farmpolicynews.illinois.edu
December 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
“‘How do you … tell us that you’re trying to improve the service of the agency, that you’re trying to make it work better for farmers and all USDA constituents, if you’re not actually talking to anybody?’“
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Forest Service looks to public land, local tax dollars to house its workers - WyoFile wyofile.com/forest-servi...
Forest Service looks to public land, local tax dollars to house its workers - WyoFile
Proponents see Bridger-Teton National Forest project as a novel approach to keep vital forest workers close to the lands they manage. Critics see a “slippery slope.”
wyofile.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Forest Service looks to public land, local tax dollars to house its workers - WyoFile wyofile.com/forest-servi...
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We just filed a lawsuit to prevent Trump from replacing a beautiful picture of #GlacierNationalPark with a closeup of his own face on the #AmericaTheBeautiful National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Annual Pass.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/4rOJIv5
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/4rOJIv5
December 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
We just filed a lawsuit to prevent Trump from replacing a beautiful picture of #GlacierNationalPark with a closeup of his own face on the #AmericaTheBeautiful National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Annual Pass.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/4rOJIv5
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/4rOJIv5
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Democrats are split over whether to support a bill that would allow the U.S. Forest Service to clear more land, faster, in an effort to prevent wildfires.
Democrats Are Torn Over Whether to Back a Bill Meant to Combat Wildfires
The legislation would help prevent wildfires, but some Democrats worry it will open the door for the Trump administration to amp up logging.
www.notus.org
December 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Democrats are split over whether to support a bill that would allow the U.S. Forest Service to clear more land, faster, in an effort to prevent wildfires.
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Climate change is real. It endangers people and wildlife. It destroys infrastructure.
Conservation is a solution. Resilient ecosystems protect people, wildlife, and the economy.
The examples are all around us:
Conservation is a solution. Resilient ecosystems protect people, wildlife, and the economy.
The examples are all around us:
Indonesia counts human cost as more climate change warnings sounded
Indonesia says 1,000 dead, some 1 million displaced from rains as report points at the threat posed by climate change.
aje.io
December 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Climate change is real. It endangers people and wildlife. It destroys infrastructure.
Conservation is a solution. Resilient ecosystems protect people, wildlife, and the economy.
The examples are all around us:
Conservation is a solution. Resilient ecosystems protect people, wildlife, and the economy.
The examples are all around us:
I have a rule, if it makes me laugh, you get to see it.
Who did this? 🤣🤣🤣
Who did this? 🤣🤣🤣
December 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I have a rule, if it makes me laugh, you get to see it.
Who did this? 🤣🤣🤣
Who did this? 🤣🤣🤣
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Gotta love the Tribes. 🤣🤣🤣
December 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Gotta love the Tribes. 🤣🤣🤣
Don’t know what to say about this.
Two things come to mind:
1) The haunting photograph depicting “The Last Jew in Vinnitsa”
2) The quote, “Be as courageous as you can. If none of us is prepared to die for freedom, then all of us will die under tyranny,” from “20 Lessons on Tyranny.”
Two things come to mind:
1) The haunting photograph depicting “The Last Jew in Vinnitsa”
2) The quote, “Be as courageous as you can. If none of us is prepared to die for freedom, then all of us will die under tyranny,” from “20 Lessons on Tyranny.”
December 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Don’t know what to say about this.
Two things come to mind:
1) The haunting photograph depicting “The Last Jew in Vinnitsa”
2) The quote, “Be as courageous as you can. If none of us is prepared to die for freedom, then all of us will die under tyranny,” from “20 Lessons on Tyranny.”
Two things come to mind:
1) The haunting photograph depicting “The Last Jew in Vinnitsa”
2) The quote, “Be as courageous as you can. If none of us is prepared to die for freedom, then all of us will die under tyranny,” from “20 Lessons on Tyranny.”
“Asked Friday about how the staffing volatility might affect the agency’s ability to increase land management activities, Schultz said he wasn’t concerned.
‘Most of the resources that we have at the district and the forest levels have been pretty stable,’ he said.”
Pretty stable.
‘Most of the resources that we have at the district and the forest levels have been pretty stable,’ he said.”
Pretty stable.
December 8, 2025 at 2:48 AM
“Asked Friday about how the staffing volatility might affect the agency’s ability to increase land management activities, Schultz said he wasn’t concerned.
‘Most of the resources that we have at the district and the forest levels have been pretty stable,’ he said.”
Pretty stable.
‘Most of the resources that we have at the district and the forest levels have been pretty stable,’ he said.”
Pretty stable.
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The Trump administration’s attacks on the Forest Service are increasing the risk of wildfires.
We will keep fighting to make sure our firefighters have the resources they need to protect themselves and keep us safe.
We will keep fighting to make sure our firefighters have the resources they need to protect themselves and keep us safe.
December 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The Trump administration’s attacks on the Forest Service are increasing the risk of wildfires.
We will keep fighting to make sure our firefighters have the resources they need to protect themselves and keep us safe.
We will keep fighting to make sure our firefighters have the resources they need to protect themselves and keep us safe.
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We know you’ve seen the designs for the 2026 America the Beautiful pass, aka the “national parks pass.” Gross, right? 🤢
Know what’s even more gross? Asking rangers to determine who is “American enough” to pay the lower cost to enter the parks.
Know what’s even more gross? Asking rangers to determine who is “American enough” to pay the lower cost to enter the parks.
December 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
We know you’ve seen the designs for the 2026 America the Beautiful pass, aka the “national parks pass.” Gross, right? 🤢
Know what’s even more gross? Asking rangers to determine who is “American enough” to pay the lower cost to enter the parks.
Know what’s even more gross? Asking rangers to determine who is “American enough” to pay the lower cost to enter the parks.
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The new design for the annual pas’s and the military pass feature images of Trump (which may be illegal) www.sfgate.com/national-par...
Trump's face on national parks pass is illegal, experts say
The redesign is likely illegal based on the act that created the pass.
www.sfgate.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The new design for the annual pas’s and the military pass feature images of Trump (which may be illegal) www.sfgate.com/national-par...