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I believe FUBAR sums it up quite nicely

“Reassigns researchers” is plan at Forest Service too.

Does leadership think District staff doesn’t also work at desks?

District staff do not roam the woods all day.

But to spend more time in the field, they do lean on R&D and Regional Offices for science & policy direction.

Reorg upends that.

Exactly. A poor reorg is just as devastating as a mass RIF. Impact is the same. Work exists on paper but not in reality. When I saw those plans for Forest Service I was devastated for you knowing how destructive this will be. Add in a continued culture of fear and uncertainty… waves hand around

And any requests for work need approval, over $100k needs political approval, to someone who may not understand the reason why research is being done. It’s created a bottleneck, leading to inefficiencies and delays on getting work started

Everyone wants to do what they are supposed to but are so terrified of doing the wrong thing essentially everything is stalled.

To note - only 1/3 of former ORD is in the “new and improved” OASES research arm. Those who were more may not have the expertise for the new area (making them easier to fire for poor performance) and no one has any idea what can or can not continue.

This is a perfect summary of everything happening with the destruction of ORD and the reorg related to my earlier post - “No one knows what they’re supposed to be doing, all of management is so scared of making a mistake they won’t commit themselves to any decisions”

www.eenews.net/articles/epa...

In doing the earth day events by state it’s amazing to see how great programs were in 2024. It’s actually hard to find current cleanup programs now

Earth Week at UM! There are many events happening April 20st-26th! Keep checking back as more events will be added leading up to Earth Week 2026.

University of Minnesota:

www.umt.edu/sustainabili...

Montana multiple cleanups:

wildmontana.org/2026/03/31/c...

Earth Day Community Event | Missouri State Parks 4/22/2026 | Mastodon State Historic Site | Imperial, Mo.Celebrate Earth Day with an afternoon of hands-on activities, learning and community connection at Mastodon State Historic Site.

Missouri state park cleanup events:

mostateparks.com/event/earth-...

Earth Day | Missouri Department of Natural Resources Since 1994, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources has hosted an annual Earth Day celebration, bringing together statewide agencies and organizations to off

Missouri, note the drought alert:

dnr.mo.gov/events-confe...

Mississippi:

www.coastalmississippi.com/events/earth...

Mississippi:

fmr.org/earthday

More Minnesota opportunities

www.hennepincounty.gov/government/n...

Minnesota activities:

www.familyfuntwincities.com/twin-cities-...

Ann Arbor MI

discoverscienceandnature.org/a2earthday

Michigan for the win on a comprehensive page

www.michigan.gov/egle/outreac...

Great links to cleanups in MA, some have passed

keepmassbeautiful.org/news-events/...

27th Annual Charles River Earth Day Cleanup – The Charles Join us for the 27th year of the Charles River Earth Day Cleanup and give back to the river and parks that are a centerpiece of the community!

Massachusetts River cleanup

thecharles.org/volunteer/ea...

Not finding another great source for Maryland so sharing the 2024 resource to highlight what we are now missing

dnr.maryland.gov/Pages/earth-...

Earth Day - Montgomery Parks Event Overview Live Performances Activity Stations Children and their families can try:  Accessibility Services  Children and their families may benefit from reviewing the social story for this event. The social story will be made available shortly. The Accessible Shuttle Cart and Sensory Retreat, located on the Anderson Pavilion, will be available during the event.   **The plant giveaway for the pot-a-plant activity station will be […]

Maryland had a great park events in 2024 but not this year. Montgomery below

montgomeryparks.org/events/earth...

Near organic farmers and gardeners event in Maine

www.mofga.org/event-calend...

Variety of actions in Maine
www.cascobay.org/get-out-and-...

Earth Day Sites tonight: M states… Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana

They are attacking both NEPA and ESA. Successfully unfortunately. 2 regs that actually had teeth. It will be devastating to the ecosystem

The reason superfund sites aren’t being cleaned up faster? We realistically don’t get the funding as is to clean them up. Cut that in half? It won’t happen. Clean water, we could do more. You are talking an $8B budget to do massive work yearly. The war funds could have paid to make America better

The proposed budget for epa wouldn’t give us enough to cover minimum statutory requirements we have to fulfill. It’s like they threw a number out and said work with it, without knowing anything that we do as required legally and what the cost of that is.

Thank you! I had read about coffee grounds but not foxglove.