Ben Vizzachero was enjoying a Valentine’s Day outing when he learned he had been fired, despite just receiving a raise and a ...

Federal employees were terminated from the Kauai National Wildlife Refuge Complex, which includes Hanalei, Huleia and Kilauea Point refuges.

Federal wildlife agencies have been firing probationary employees with little notice as part of a government downsizing.

Wildlife biologist Ben Vizzachero conducts a waterbird count at Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge. He lost his job at the Los Padres National Forest as part of a wave of firings ordered by the ...