‘It is bad for women’: Workers condemn culture at Oregon Forestry Department

Oregon forestry department under fire

“It is bad for women at Forestry,” one former employee said in an interview. “It is even worse if you are queer.”Sean Meagher/The Oregonian

The state has received about a dozen complaints against Oregon Department of Forestry leaders this year, with some employees alleging a hostile culture toward women, a lack of diversity and a fear of retaliation.

The complaints include one from Brenda McComb, vice chair of the Oregon Board of Forestry, who told state officials that she had seen little evidence that the Forestry Department had advanced “diversity representation” among its workforce or advisory committees.

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