Natalie Fertig

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Natalie Fertig

Old fight rekindled between environmentalists and loggers over Trump executive order on timberLINN COUNTY, Ore. – The buzz of saw teeth and scent of crushed pine needles filled the air as Roy Blackburn walked up a muddy path tucked away in the Willamette National Forest, invisible from the forest service road below. He climbed into the cabin of his TimberPro 830C forwarder and began picking …

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Dustin Gardiner |Natalie Fertig

For Democrats, it’s a concern rooted in Trump’s historic strength on immigration with voters not in Los Angeles, but watching on social media and TV in swing states and districts across the country. “There’s a background and a history, and so that limits the sympathy of lots of fair-minded Americans watching this spectacle unfold,” said Will Marshall, founder of Progressive Policy Institute, a center-left think tank.

1 month ago | politico.com | Natalie Fertig

Melanie Martinez, facing camera at center, who plays Melanie the baby sitter, sits talking with other crew members, on the large studio set for "The Good Night Show" in 2006, which is broadcast on PBS KIDS Sprout. | Mel Evans/AP WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR — For many children growing up in conservative evangelical Christian households in the 1990s, Saturday morning cartoons were confined to one of two options: the Christian Broadcasting Network or PBS Kids.

2 months ago | politico.com | Jordan Wolman |Natalie Fertig

The Trump administration has slashed more than 10 percent of the agency’s workforce, with more layoffs expected. U.S. Forest Service firefighters prepare to battle the Caldor Fire on August 31, 2021 in Meyers, California. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Emergency hires. A new sales tax. An infusion of state money.

2 months ago | treefrogcreative.ca | Natalie Fertig |Jordan Wolman |Kevin Mason |Kelly McCloskey

President Donald Trump wants to create a new federal agency that will be responsible for “all wildland fire fighting nationwide” by 2026, according to a draft executive order currently under review at the White House. The draft order, which was obtained by POLITICO and confirmed by three people familiar with the situation, would launch a national wildland firefighting task force in the next 90 days, combining resources from the Departments of Agriculture, Interior and Homeland Security.