EAST LANSING, Mich. (WILX) – The U.S Department of Agriculture is set to close all four of its Forest Service research and development facilities in Michigan, including one in East Lansing.
The USDA’s Forest Service announced this week it is moving its headquarters to Salt Lake City, Utah and beginning a “sweeping restructuring of the agency to move leadership closer to the forests and communities it serves.”
Facilities in Houghton, L’Anse — both in the Upper Peninsula — and Wellston in Manistee County are among the 57 facilities the Forest Service plans to close…