Pleading for routine purchases: Inside the chaos at the Forest Service in Vermont

Photo illustration by Greta Solsaa/VTDigger. Photo by Ellen Bartlett/VTDiggerHundreds of pages of records obtained by VTDigger reveal internal confusion in the U.S. Forest Service in Vermont during the first months of President Donald Trump’s second term, with federal cutbacks and budget slowdowns leaving research and conservation projects hanging in the balance.  The documents provide a look inside the agency as staff responsible for the Green Mountain National Forest — h