Judy Woodruff:

As the MeToo movement has grown to include problems in government, we have an exclusive investigation tonight about the U.S. Forest Service and allegations of longtime sexual misconduct and gender discrimination within the agency.

From its inception in 1905, the Forest Service has been a male-dominated field. Even today, women make up only a third of the service and even less, just 13 percent, within the ranks of Forest Service firefighters, who perform extremely dangerous and important work across the country.

But as William Brangham and our production team report, women say that not only have they faced harassment and discrimination, but when they speak out about it, they are punished even more.