Anna Tollfeldt carries a sign at the Feb. 14 walk of support for fired U.S. Forest Service workers. Tollfeldt had worked as a Forest Service biological technician in fisheries and aquatics since 2023. She was fired on Feb. 16.
On Sunday, Feb. 16, Anna Tollfeldt was fired from her job at the U.S. Forest Service.
Tollfeldt moved to Wrangell in 2022 and began working for the Forest Service the following summer. She and her partner (who is employed by the Forest Service and opted to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation) took out a mortgage on a house in town, and the couple planned to stay here indefinitely.
But now, a future in Wrangell is no longer a guarantee. With the loss of her job and the unpredictability surrounding her partner's job, the couple worries about making mortgage payments if both of them end up f...
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