Resources & Insights

April 29, 2026: How Cuts to America's Public Lands Workforce Undermine the Health and Resilience of Public Lands and Local Communities: As Western states face drought, record-low snowpack, and above normal significant fire potential, a new analysis from Prospect Partners and Hawk Eye Strategies reveals how federal personnel cuts have compromised the workforce that makes up the early warning system that local communities, recreationists, hunters and anglers, farmers and ranchers, and emergency managers rely on. See more HERE. 

March 16, 2026: Eyes Wide Shut: How DOGE Cuts to Scientific and Specialized Expertise are Affecting Federal Preparedness for Fire, Insect, Avalanche, and Drought Risks in the West: Federal workforce data for 2025 shows a hemorrhaging of scientific expertise critical to evidence-based wildfire risk reduction, response, and recovery. Read the blog HERE.

February 12, 2026: Former Federal Officials Discuss New Data Showing Full Impact of Staff Cuts on Public Lands: Financially strapped states and communities who rely on the federal government will contend in 2026 with a 17% drop in the public land agency workforce, with deepest cuts to newer employees.  Read the blog HERE.