US Forest Service

Abby Bolt with chainsaw

Harassment, rape and retaliation: What one woman endured within the US Forest Service

Justice

Abby Bolt loves her job as a Battalion Chief for the US Forest Service, leading forest fire prevention efforts and commanding teams of hundreds of people in a disaster. But Bolt has also been a victim of the “good ol’ boy” culture in an agency that for years has cast a blind eye over hazing, harassment and sexual misconduct.

CA fire

Wildfires in the American West blaze hotter, fiercer and longer than ever before

Environment