
03/26/2025
https://buttenews.net/index.php/3753-womens-wildland-firefighting-boot-camps-axed-by-new-dei-policies
Big Sky Connection - It’s challenging for women to break into the wildland firefighting industry, which is largely male, and the U.S. needs more firefighters. Fourteen training bootcamps for women–which have been popular in recent years–were canceled with the Trump administration’s DEI cuts. Comments by Riva Duncan, vice president, Grassroots Wildland Firefighters.