U.S. Sen. Tim Sheehy Tries to Cut Safety Checks His Ex-Company Failed — ProPublica

Changing Oversight: U.S. Sen. Tim Sheehy previously ran an aerial firefighting company. After joining Congress, he proposed ending Forest Service inspections of those aircraft. 

Failed Inspection: The same month a draft of his plan to end Forest Service inspections leaked, an aircraft at his former company failed an inspection because of a crack in its wing. 

Ownership Stake: Sheehy owned up to $15 million in stock in the company, Bridger Aerospace, when he launched his effort to end Forest Service inspections of such aircraft.…

 https://www.propublica.org/article/tim-sheehy-bridger-aerospace-forest-service-inspection

 

We've heard a lot of lip service about listening to local communities.

   https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vWd85z-EBVQ

Sen. King: We're cutting research so that we can fund the ballroom. I just want to be clear.

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GsaBuIz7NWs

 

You don't get to just pull money from anywhere.

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LVvSC_lMdq0

 

Trump administration falls behind on wildfire prevention with risky fire season ahead

The agency lost 16% of its workforceas of last summer, with 5,860 personnel leaving in the first six months of 2025 as part of the Trump administration's efforts to reduce the size of government. Senate Democrats have raised concerns that such cuts have hampered the agency's ability to prepare for wildfires...

 https://www.npr.org/2026/05/04/nx-s1-5801475/forest-service-wildfire-prevention-vegetation-burns 

The U.S. Forest Service is spraying Roundup on trees

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/J7HTxUO5Bb4 

US Forest Service and National Park Service to fire thousands of workers

Agencies say Trump's latest push to trim government could impede firefighting efforts and create crises at national parks…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/15/us-forest-service-national-park-service-layoffs