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

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

It’s a mess and I don’t have a lot of confidence in how things are going to go,” retired Forest Service firefighter says.

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 ...

These ones are from Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge on Kauaʻi, a 900-acre wetland sanctuary for threatened and endangered birds. USFWS photos: Laurel Smith ...