US Fish and Wildlife Service sees nearly 20% drop in staff since Trump took office

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Nearly 1,800 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees have left the agency in the last year, records obtained by conservation advocates find, as pressure mounted from President Donald Trump and his administration’s policies meant to cut the federal workforce.

That’s a loss of almost 20% of the service’s staff, according to data obtained through a public records request by the nonprofit conservation group Center for Biological Diversity and shared with the Capital Chronicle. In April of 2025, the agency had 8,180 employees, the records show, compared to 9,960 a year prior.

Oregon and Washington lost a combined 50 senior level scientists and staff year over, followed by California which lost 40, Florida which lost 20 and Hawaii which lost 10 senior staff.

The result of these staff losses, especially the loss of senior experts, could imperil species already endangered across the country such as monarch butterflies and hellbender salamanders, according to Noah Greenwald, a director for the center.

https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/12/17/repub/u-s-fish-and-wildlife-sees-nearly-20-drop-in-staff-since-trump-took-office/

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1. The only endangered

Species they would ever attempt to keep alive is the MAGA Base. They need that subspecies to keep “themselves” alive, otherwise they could care less if those poor ass idiots went extinct.