Saving the Bartlett Experimental Forest
On March 31, 2026, the USDA Forest Service announced a restructuring plan that would move its headquarters from Washington, DC, to Salt Lake City, Utah, and move regional offices to create a “state-based and service center model.” For the Northeast, that would mean a central office in Pennsylvania, and for the Lake States, an office in Madison, Wisconsin. The Forest Service also announced it would shut down research stations that serve 57 of the country’s 84 experimental forests and ranges. The announcement sent a shockwave throughout the vast community of forest workers and practitioners in the United States. Since then, there has been much discussion about what these closures would mean for
forest service staff, researchers, Americans, and the science that informs decisions about how to manage our forests.
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