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Alt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info · 30m

#FAFO

#Ribbit 🐸

Gretchen Kent @gretchenkentpdx.bsky.social · 2d

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Alt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info · 32m

#Resist
#AllOfUs
#AltCitizen

#Ribbit 🐸

Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 19d

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Alt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info · 1h

Dance Dance Revolution

Some practical tips on making your inflatable a peaceful bubble of peaceable assembly for #ribbet 🐸 of grievances.

AltFDA @altfda.altgov.info · 3h

Finally, don’t forget your safety glasses and some rubber gloves to protect your hands from chemical burns and dance! Fucking they hate when we are so fucking enjoyable and Dance!

a dog dressed in a t-rex costume is dancing on a pole

Alt: a dog dressed in a t-rex costume is dancing on a pole

media.tenor.com

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Alt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info · 1h

Rebellions are built on #hop

#Ribbit 🐸

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Alt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info · 1h

“I got maced in the air vent. Essentially, I coughed a little. Noticed a small hint of peppermint and just continued to be in my frog costume for another hour”

“I’m doing well. I’m doing fine. It wasn’t as bad as it looks, although quite immature and unnecessary and really excessive.“

Ribbit 🐸

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 2h

stylish, practical, brave, good: www.404media.co/the-surreal-...

The Surreal Practicality of Protesting As an Inflatable Frog

Say goodbye to the Guy Fawkes masks and hello to inflatable frogs and dinosaurs.

www.404media.co

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Alt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info · 1h

Ribbit 🐸

Alt Acadia National Park @altacadia.bsky.social · 3d

We 💯 support Amphifa! Give me ribbety, or give me death. 🐸

A poster for "Amphifa: amphibians against fascism" showing a black and green flag with a green frog

Three protestors dressed in inflatable frog costumes holding a sign that says "Portland frog brigade"

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Alt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info · 1h

I dig it.

Ribbit 🐸

Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 3d

Hot off the presses! If you need a bigger size to print your stickers let me know!

The Portland frog as a founding father, surround by the words "give me ribberty or give me death"

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Alt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info · 6h

Perfection👌

“The chickens, the T-Rex, and me”

Ribbit 🐸

Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 17h

Stephen Colbert - Kermit the Frog vs. ICE (Rainbow Connection)

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Alt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info · 6h

Non-violent resistance.

Jump around 🐸

Cluck around 🐓

Clown around 🤡

#NoKings 🚫👑

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xsqrd.bsky.social @xsqrd.bsky.social · 23d

Business card sized cards/stickers for anyone who wants to print them at home: tinyurl.com/kilroy2025. Additional details at tinyurl.com/ROAR-Kilroy (a @50501movement.bsky.social group).

#KilroyWasHere

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Alt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info · 17h

Seems unfair to timber folks to make them keep working without pay.

April Ehrlich @aprilehrlich.bsky.social · 3d

The Forest Service says staff that organize timber sales are essential, so logging national forests continues through the shutdown, even as hundreds of thousands of other workers are furloughed. www.opb.org/article/2025...

Logging in national forests in Oregon continues, despite government shutdown

The U.S. Forest Service plans to auction off trees in the Deschutes, Wallowa-Whitman and Umatilla national forests by the end of the month.

www.opb.org

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 2d

U.S. Forest Service staff shortages creating project bottlenecks for Colorado ski resorts, industry leaders say. Because resorts operate on federal land they require agency approval and environmental reviews. With fewer staff to handle workload, the process becomes arduous and time-consuming work.

‘Slower, and more challenging’: Colorado ski resort leaders describe impacts of staffing cuts at U.S. Forest Service

Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to correct the location of the 2025 Ski Area COO Summit. The chief operating officers of Colorado ski resorts say short staffing at the U.S. Forest Service is...

www.summitdaily.com

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Alt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info · 18h

Ribbit 🐸

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Environmental Action @enviroaction.bsky.social · 1d

Fall is in full swing! Here are a few of our favorite national forests to visit for spectacular views of fall foliage.

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Alt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info · 1d

Someday we'll find it /
The Rainbow Connection /
The lovers, the dreamers and me

"Rainbow Connection" with Kermit the Frog, Choir! Choir! Choir!, and New Yorkers at Lincoln Center

YouTube video by Lincoln Center

youtu.be

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 1d

Rumors.
Non-disclosure agreements.
Fear.
Trauma.

I took some time away because I don’t know how to be helpful to my FWS/ DOI colleagues. I expect it will be a hard week.

To all Federal Employees— you matter. You are valued. You are needed.

#Resist

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Alt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info · 1d

Whistleblower Tip Line ☎️

#Resist
#AllOfUs
#AltCitizen

Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.house.gov · 4d

TO ALL FEDERAL WORKERS: if you were illegally fired today and have information of wrongdoing or abuse of power by the Trump Administration, our whistleblower tip line is open.

We want to hear from you. All whistleblowers are federally protected.

Report Potential Wrongdoing Under the Trump Administration

Whistleblowers play a vital role in helping Congress conduct our constitutionally mandated oversight responsibilities. If you have knowledge of corporate or government corruption and abuses of power; insights into the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein and his associates; or information regarding potential wrongdoing or waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars, your disclosure can make a difference.

oversightdemocrats.house.gov

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Rep. James Walkinshaw @repwalkinshaw.bsky.social · 3d

RIFS during a shutdown are illegal.

@oversightdemocrats.house.gov is accepting whistleblower reports to ensure accountability.

oversightdemocrats.house.gov/contact/tip-line

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Chris Nagano @charliesaito22.bsky.social · 1d

This is the way to put an end to Trump & Stephen Miller’s BS claim Blue Cities are war zones being burned to the ground by ANTIFA

Trump & Miller are looking for an incident to invoke the Insurrection Act

#Trump #StephenMiller #EvenStephenMillersFamilyThinkHesNaziScum

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Alt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info · 2d

This one is contracted / it’s outside and independent from the agency.

govtribe.com/vendors/eap-...

EAP Consultants, LLC

EAP Consultants LLC, doing business as Espyr, is a for-profit limited liability company specializing in providing comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (...

govtribe.com

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North Atlantic Fire Science Exchange @northatlfiresci.bsky.social · 5d

Promoting Productivity in Eastern Oak Ecosystems is a four-part webinar series presented by the USDA Forest Service Northern and Southern Research Stations. Scientists and natural resource professionals will share actionable strategies for sustainable oak productivity. Details at buff.ly/49vQgxn

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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 5d

With the federal government in a shutdown, the U.S. Forest Service has paused much of the wildfire preparation and prevention work it does on its 193 million acres of national forestlands.

Shutdown Sows Confusion Across the U.S. Forest Service - Truthdig

Prescribed burns that help prevent bigger fires are on hold during shutdown while logging on federal lands continues.

www.truthdig.com

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North Atlantic Fire Science Exchange @northatlfiresci.bsky.social · 5d

Forest Service Research & Development has built the foundation for what we know about forests and fires across the country. What they do before fires—from mechanical thinning to community planning to prescribed burning—can alter how/where a fire moves & protect lives/communities. buff.ly/PfiI3qK

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Stephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 4d

The first interview by Carl Zimmer is a good one: "She Studied How Logging Affects Pollinators: Kim Ballare was a research ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service until her federal grant “got snatched away.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/s...

She Studied How Logging Affects Pollinators

www.nytimes.com

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Ralf W @raflw.bsky.social · 4d

ABasin's Henceroth said recent times "have just been brutal for our Forest Service employees locally.

...You’re friends with them, you know what they’ve been going through — uncertainty, lots of people lost their jobs, lots of people took the early-out, it has just been brutal on them.”

#dogecuts

‘Slower, and more challenging’: Colorado ski resort leaders describe impacts of staffing cuts at U.S. Forest Service

Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to correct the location of the 2025 Ski Area COO Summit. The chief operating officers of Colorado ski resorts say short staffing at the U.S. Forest Service...

www.summitdaily.com

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