Wildland Fire: Barriers to Recruitment and Retention of Federal Wildland Firefighters

The Government Accounting Office issued a new report on problems federal land agencies have encountered with hiring and retention of wildland firefighters, 18,700 of which fight fires for the U.S. Forest Service and 4 agencies within the Department of the Interior.

Wildland Fire: Barriers to Recruitment and Retention of Federal Wildland Firefighters

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