U.S. Forest Service to Close All Research Sites in Michigan; a State with 3M Acres of National Forests

U.S. Forest Service to close all research sites in Michigan; a state with 3M acres of national forests

The federal government has announced it will close all four U.S. Forest Service research sites in Michigan.

Forest Service to close Ely, Grand Rapids research facilities

Details are slim on the announced closures, but the agency said it would not lead to changes in staffing at the Superior or Chippewa national forests.

U.S. Forest Service to close all of its Michigan research facilities

A Michigan State University forestry professor questions the logic of U.S. Forest Service's reorganization.