The Wetland Trail runs through the forest at Wildwood Recreation Site, a family-friendly outdoor getaway managed by the Bureau of Land Management on Mount Hood. A handful of Bureau of Land Management employees have been impacted by job cuts under the Trump administration. Jamie Hale/The Oregonian

The mass firing of employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration could have major consequences for Oregon. Oregon now has fewer federal employees studying the ocean, atmosphere, climate and weather,

The agency has seen a series of reductions, hiring freezes and buyouts as part of the Trump administration’s effort to shrink federal government.

The Natural Resources Conservation Service does two key things in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. The first is that they maintain the SNOTEL network of roughly 300 weather stations that measure ...