First on WMUR: Forest research station in White Mountains to stay open, Ayotte and Shaheen announce

Hubbard Brook Research Forest Saved From Closing By Bipartisan Win

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.orgNORTH WOODSTOCK – A bipartisan effort by New Hampshire’s Republican governor and two Democratic U.S. Senators has saved the USDA’s Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest from the chopping block.In April, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen and fellow Democrat Maggie Hassan sounded the alarm and met with New Hampshire environmental officials to discuss efforts by the Trump Administration to close the facility, which has historica…

Hubbard Brook to remain open amid U.S. Forest Service reorganization

The USDA, Governor Ayotte and Senator Shaheen announced Monday that Hubbard Brook will remain open and the USDA will review its decision to close Bartlett Experimental Forest in the White Mountain National Forest.

State, federal officials confirm White Mountains research won’t close

State and federal officials said Monday the U.S. Forest Service is no longer planning on closing New Hampshire’s Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in the White Mountains.

Research forest at Hubbard Brook will stay open; closure of Bartlett facilities under review

The Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest was established in 1955 by the USDA Forest Service. (Photo courtesy of Jordan Jessop)At least 57 forest research stations across the nation are set to close as part of a “restructuring” of the U.S. Forest Service. But Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, in the White Mountains, will not be among them, Gov. Kelly Ayotte and U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen announced on Monday. Another Forest Service research station in…

First on WMUR: Forest research station in White Mountains to stay open, Ayotte and Shaheen announce

The Trump administration will not close a 70-year-old forest research station located in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, WMUR's Adam Sexton was first to report Monday morning.