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In the aftermath of the devastating wildfires that tore through Oklahoma on March 14, 2025, Governor Kevin Stitt's decision to fire Oklahoma Forestry Services (OFS) Director Mark Goeller has spurred ...
In a letter penned to Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, several Lincoln County fire chiefs asked the governor to reconsider the ...
In a post on Facebook, former state forestry Director Mark Goeller defended the agency and its performance during the wave of ...
Governor Kevin Stitt initiated the Wildland Fire Response Working Group to revamp Oklahoma's wildfire strategies after the March outbreak and recent personnel shakeup in the Forestry Department.
The governor said Oklahoma Forestry Services only used half of available resources during the March wildfires. The former OFS ...
Stitt also said he tasked Agriculture Secretary Blayne Arthur and Public Safety Secretary Tricia Everest to assemble a report ...
Lincoln County Fire Departments chiefs sent a letter to Governor Kevin Stitt and the Oklahoma House of Representatives ...
Governor Kevin Stitt is defending his decision to fire Oklahoma’s Forestry Director after last month’s deadly wildfires, calling for sweeping changes to state wildfire response.
News Oklahoma's Brodie Myers is learning more about the so-called, Wildland Fire Response Working Group, created by Gov.
Gov. Kevin Stitt walks back plan to eliminate Oklahoma Forestry Services after backlash over wildfire response and pressure ...
Update: Mark Goeller has posted a response to Facebook after recently being fired as the Director of Oklahoma Forestry Services. In his statement, Goeller says, “I have been falsely accused of ...
OKLAHOMA CITY – Gov. Kevin Stitt on Monday doubled down on his criticism of the state’s Forestry Service, accusing the agency of not using “every resource at their disposal to save lives and property” ...