Cuts at the U.S. Forest Service could lead to unintended consequences, former workers say

Maintaining the country's forests takes an army of Forest Service workers, but recent job cuts have reduced the number of its soldiers, which some say could lead to unintended consequences.

Dalyn Grindle, Jack Corney and Tim Leedy all worked at Wyoming's Shoshone National Forest — the United States' first federally protected national forest, and a park that's always buzzing with activity, even in winter, with people snowmobiling, riding bikes, hiking and rock climbing.

But they were among 17 employees recently fired from the Shoshone National Forest, according to a senior Forest Service official. Grindle, Corney and Leedy  each received a letter that said they were being fired for poor job performance, but they don't buy it.