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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The U.S. Forest Service has suspended an agency official who complained that some of its managers ignored environmental laws and rules for the spraying of pesticides and weed-killers on forests.
Doug Parker, assistant director of forestry and forest health for the agency's Southwestern Region, is accused of failing to follow a direct order to train and certify employees each month in the use of the chemicals.
Parker, the region's pesticide coordinator, also is accused of failing to submit a progress report on the training.
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