A friend set this…
https://mailchi.mp/rangelands.org/rangeflash-feb2025?e=9ae042e2d5
Here’s a portion of the post:
SRM is also prioritizing immediate resources to support those impacted. Here are several ways we are helping to connect and engage our membership:
- Job Boards: SRM is offering free job listings during this time to help members connect to new opportunities. We encourage you to explore openings on the SRM Job Board as well as postings from partner organizations compiled here at the bottom of this email.
- Facebook Live Session: Join us next week for a Facebook Live session with SRM leadership. We’ll provide an update on our advocacy work with agency leaders and discuss how SRM is engaging on behalf of members. Watch our Facebook & your email for details!
- Zoom Meeting for Member Input: Also next week, SRM in conjunction with our Young Professionals Conclave will host the 1st of several private Zoom “Townhalls” exclusively for members to share their experiences. These insights will help build a clearer picture of how staffing changes are impacting the management of rangelands and those who depend on them.
Three-part Townhall series:
- TALK THE TALK: February 27th at 6PM MT
- WALK THE WALK: Details coming soon!
- SRM IS HERE: Details coming soon!
Someone asked me if the other prof societies had done this.. I don’t know. Anyone? SAF?
Haven’t heard anything from SAF
Thanks for sharing Steve!
The silence from the timber industry is deafening and speaks volumes.
I’m curious, what do you think “the silence” is saying? “We don’t care if employees are available to write NEPA docs, and write, compete and inspect timber sale contract?”
I’d reckon it’s more in the vein of making clear their political commitments. Of course that’s laced with irony given that the federal dole has kept a huge amount of marginal industry (of dubious value) afloat for generations now.
Environmental advocacy groups not silent: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/WELC-stands-with-fired-civil-servants.html?soid=1102253797647&aid=MoajvaEfl_I
“Without our federal employees, we are less safe as a country and our public lands are exposed to misuse and abuse that is at grave risk of going unaccounted for and unchecked. We say to these dedicated civil servants now: We see you. We stand with you. And we–along with millions of Americans–support and appreciate you and the good work you have done and will do for this country. We hope that you will not be silent but will stand, loudly, for the public lands values we share.”
“We say this in full recognition of the fact that we have often disagreed with these land management agencies, pressing them to manage public lands, the environment, and natural resources in services of the public good. But we have done so with the utmost respect and appreciation for their service and in light of a common value: That holding public lands in trust for all people is an essential element of our country’s strength, character, and resilience.”