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...Sidney Noble clocked out from his job as a botanist for the Payette National Forest last Friday afternoon after surviving the first wave of federally mandated workforce cuts. By Sunday night, he too had been fired. .. The statement said the USDA let go employees in the probationary period of their employment.... ...The firings have left vacancies across the Payette and Boise forests that employees who have not been fired claim will be difficult, if not impossible, to fill.... ... Those projects include work related to wildfire risk mitigation, timber harvest preparations, ,,,......environmental reviews,,,,,,and maintenance of bridges, roads, campgrounds, and...