{"id":22229,"date":"2025-05-21T16:49:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T20:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=22229"},"modified":"2025-05-21T17:56:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T21:56:06","slug":"heinrich-murray-klobuchar-merkley-slam-usda-for-evasive-response-on-wildfire-mitigation-projects-workforce-cuts-and-funding-freezes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/heinrich-murray-klobuchar-merkley-slam-usda-for-evasive-response-on-wildfire-mitigation-projects-workforce-cuts-and-funding-freezes\/","title":{"rendered":"Heinrich, Murray, Klobuchar, Merkley Slam USDA for Evasive Response on Wildfire Mitigation Projects, Workforce Cuts, and Funding Freezes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WASHINGTON<\/strong> \u2013 U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, along with U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Committee; Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the Senate Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee, are once again pressing the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for answers after receiving a deeply inadequate response to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.senate.gov\/2025\/2\/heinrich-murray-merkley-klobuchar-demand-answers-from-usda-on-wildfire-mitigation-projects-firefighting-hiring-halted-by-trump-s-funding-freeze\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a February oversight letter<\/a> regarding the Department\u2019s unlawful halt of federal funds needed to mitigate and fight wildfires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a follow-up letter sent to USDA Deputy Under Secretary Kristin Sleeper, the lawmakers criticized the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heinrich.senate.gov\/download\/usda-response-to-letter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">USDA\u2019s April response<\/a> for failing to answer the majority of their questions and&nbsp;demanded a comprehensive and transparent accounting of the agency\u2019s actions under the Trump Administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWe write to address your recent response to the letter we sent on February 11, 2025, regarding the disbursement of funds for forest management and restoration projects and the universal hiring freeze under the Department of Agriculture. Our letter outlined ten specific questions, of which only two were addressed in your April 10 response,\u201d <strong>escribieron los senadores.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cYour incomplete response left significant questions unanswered concerning which projects, grants, agreements, and staff have been affected by the Trump Administration\u2019s recent actions. Although the Forest Service has lost approximately 5,000 employees through resignation and early retirement since February, we understand that additional reduction-in-force actions are still planned. Questions remain about the Department\u2019s plan to carry out Congressional directives and, most importantly, protect American communities in danger as they face a daunting fire season,\u201d <strong>continuaron los senadores.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cDespite our clear and detailed inquiry, the Forest Service has only answered two of our ten questions,\u201d<strong> escribieron los senadores. <\/strong>\u201cThis lack of transparency is unacceptable in the face of ongoing threats to public safety, wildfire resilience, and rural economies across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The senators requested a response to the questions they originally sent to the USDA, which went unanswered by the Department in their correspondence:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"1\">\n<li>Please provide a full list of Forest Service programs for which disbursements were or currently are paused, including any paused under Executive Order 14154 or the now rescinded memorandum from the Office of Management and Budget.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n<li>Please provide a full list of individual projects, including the location and total award amount, for which funds were obligated but disbursements are now paused. Please include projects carried out by Departmental personnel as well as those carried out through grants, contracts, or agreements. If obligated funds have been paused, what is the legal basis for pausing the disbursement of already obligated funds?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"3\">\n<li>Did the agency inform non-federal partners affected by the pause before halting their payments? Has the agency communicated with those same partners concerning the status of the affected projects since the pause was initiated? If so, please provide examples of any communications notifying applicants or current participants of the affected programs.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"4\">\n<li>What is the status of agency personnel that were hired under funds appropriated by the <em>Ley de Inversi\u00f3n en Infraestructura y Empleos<\/em> (IIJA) and <em>Ley de Reducci\u00f3n de la Inflaci\u00f3n<\/em> (IRA)? Are those personnel still being paid their salaries? How many of these personnel, if any, have been terminated, furloughed, put on administrative leave, or otherwise notified of future administrative leave?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"5\">\n<li>How many Forest Service employees have been terminated, furloughed, put on administrative leave, or otherwise notified of future administrative leave since January 20, 2025? Please provide the job titles and duty stations for each category described above.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"6\">\n<li>How many Forest Service employees accepted the deferred resignation offer being offered to federal employees by the Office of Personnel Management? Please provide data broken down by position, grade, and duty station.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"7\">\n<li>Does the Department plan to reimburse contractors whose payments are paused but are continuing to act under the terms of their contract with the Department? What is the status of Departmental reviews of these paused projects?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"8\">\n<li>Please provide the minimum amount of time the pause on funding could last.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The senators requested additional answers to the following new questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"1\">\n<li>The spending plan provided by the Forest Service for Fiscal Year 2025 contains no information on agency activity beyond what Congress provided to each mission area. Please provide a thorough spending plan that details the expected changes to each program area for this fiscal year, at least at the level of detail provided in the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Justification\u2019s \u201cDetail Tables.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n<li>Please provide the years-to-date number of acres treated nationwide for hazardous fuels using funds provided through annual appropriations, IIJA, or IRA compared with the 10-year average.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"3\">\n<li>Pursuant to existing law, a reduction-in-force plan must avoid undue interruption to the agency\u2019s work. What is the Forest Service\u2019s statutory authority for pursuing a reduction-in-force despite the loss of more than 15 percent of its total employees that has already resulted a significant decrease in the agency\u2019s work?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"4\">\n<li>The President\u2019s Fiscal Year 2026 budget recommends moving Wildland Fire Management programs out of the Forest Service. Has the Administration conducted an analysis of how this proposal would impact the Forest Service\u2019s management of National Forest System (NFS) lands, particularly the Forest Service\u2019s efforts to reduce wildfire risk on NFS lands? For this proposal, did the Administration consult States, Tribes, private sector, and the Forest Service employees\u2019 union?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"5\">\n<li>If the President\u2019s Fiscal Year 2026 budget, which proposes to cut NFS management funding, were enacted, how many Forest Service recreation sites, ranger stations, facilities, or services would be closed or limited in availability? Has the Forest Service analyzed how the current and additional proposed workforce reductions will impact its ability to maintain safe, sanitary recreation sites?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"6\">\n<li>How many Forest Service employees who have left the Forest Service since January 20, 2025 were certified to respond to wildfires? How many Forest Service employees being considered in workforce reduction plans are certified to respond to wildfires?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>The senators concluded their letter by underscoring how USDA is required by law to carry out its work as Congress intended,<\/strong> \u201cThe Forest Service provides a critical support function for communities across the country, from supporting the nation\u2019s wood products sector to mitigating the threat of catastrophic wildfire. Continuing to carry out this work as Congress prescribed is not only required under the law but essential for our nation\u2019s security.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>El texto completo de la carta est\u00e1 disponible. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heinrich.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/updated_heinrich_letter_to_sleeper.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">aqu\u00ed.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, along with U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Committee; Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":17051,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[42,105,44,36,45,110],"class_list":["post-22229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-agriculture","tag-appropriations","tag-jobs-and-the-economy","tag-natural-resources-and-rural-development","tag-tackling-climate-change","tag-wildfire"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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