Many workers still in their probationary period received notice on Feb. 13 that they were fired by the Trump administration. But this week, those workers got word they have been temporarily reinstated for 45 days by the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board on March 5. But Forest Service rangers like Kyle Warden, Xander Demetrios and Jaelle Downs say they know very little beyond that, and haven’t been notified on the local level about when their work will resume, just weeks away from the beginning of the 2025 season. There’s no information yet to indicate whether the positions might be eliminated again after the 45-day period, and the workers worry
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