The United States Department of Agriculture’s U.S. Forest Service recently announced its intent to move its headquarters to Salt Lake City, Utah and to transition to a state-based organizational model.
The announcement March 31 also stated that the U.S. Forest Service will close all four Michigan research stations, including the Huron-Manistee National Forest station in Wellston.
“The Forest Service will also consolidate leadership of its research enterprise. The agency currently operates multiple geographically dispersed research stations, each with its own leadership structure,” according to a news release. “Under the reorganization, the Forest Service will bring those stations together under a single Forest Service research organization, located in Fort Collins, Colorado…