Waahhh!!! WY State Rep Whines About Shitstain's Cuts To The Forest Service, Because He Just Cares. So. Much.

[hatrack]

Republican representative McKay Erickson walked through the halls of the Wyoming capitol with a Trump 2024 pin on the front of his suit jacket. Much of Erickson’s home district in Lincoln county falls under the jurisdiction of the Bridger Teton national forest and Grand Teton national park. With that federal land comes federal workers. While it appears districts in Wyoming crucial to US energy dominance have been spared the brunt of the layoffs, McKay said his forest-heavy district has not been so fortunate. He’s hearing from his constituents about the layoffs, and he’s troubled about the implications for his district’s future.

“These people have a face to me,” Erickson said. “They have a face and a place in either Star Valley or Jackson that I know quite well.” Erickson is a small-government conservative, laments bureaucracy and stands by his belief that there’s a need to “cut the fat” at the federal level. But in his district, he foresees a lack of trail maintenance hurting local outfitting companies, and understaffed parks with closed gates. “This way is so indiscriminate, and it doesn’t really drill down on the real issue as to where those cuts need to be,” Erickson said. “I’m afraid that probably all we’re going to lose is services.”

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Few towns represent the ties between small town economies and public lands better than Salmon, Idaho. With a population of just over 3,000, Salmon is cradled by a nest of federal lands, including the Salmon Challis national forest, the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness, and a smattering of Bureau of Land Management holdings. Dustin Aherin calls Salmon home, and is the president of Middle Fork Outfitters Association, which represents 27 local businesses. He said that the day-to-day duties of forestry service employees, from river patrol to permitting to conservation, keep businesses like his alive. Recent layoffs put their future in jeopardy.

“The team in the field that manages the Middle Fork and Main Salmon river, all but two were terminated. And the two that were left have been reassigned,” Aherin said. “We have no on-the-ground management as of right now.” The urgency caused by the layoffs sent Aherin to Capitol Hill, where he spoke with the Guardian between meetings with federal officials. He held cautious optimism that Idaho’s federal delegation would be able to help craft a solution.

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/04/trump-doge-federal-layoffs-national-parks

[displacedvermoter]

1. They need to "drill down" as to where the "fat" needs to be trimmed

Which means in some Blue State, not in my district.

[2naSalit]

2. He's only concerned because...

His district has the most trophy homes in the state and with all the cuts to firefighting resources and lack of trail crews, who will clean up for those rich fucks when they want to darken our forests with their presence?

I mean, who is going to close down miles of river while some of them are fishing in our rivers and close trail areas when they are out recreating with their families and cut down their holiday trees? And clean all those vault toilets in the woods? GS 03, baby!

Geeze.

[hatrack]

3. And further into the article, he's still 100% behind Trump, so, whatever . . . .

Have fun this fire season you dipshit.

[Brenda]

4. Jaysuz

I admit I didn't read it all...WHY is he 100% behind destruction of his local economy which will result in not only really bad times for his constituents but bad times for VOTES next time, pal.