The Trump administration has carried out a sweeping reorganization of the US Forest Service.
Critics called it the most catastrophic attack on the 121-year-old agency in its history.
In a major dismantling, the headquarters is moved to Utah and all ten regional offices are closed.
The restructuring was announced on Tuesday, April 7, through a press release announcing that the Agency’s headquarters will move from Washington, DC to Salt Lake City.
Ten regional centers will be closed to make way for fifteen political appointees referred to as “state directors.”
In addition, more than fifty scientific centers located in thirty-one different states will also be abolished. It is important to note that, according to scientists, any attempt to relocate decades of long-term ecological research will result in its demise.
It is believed that there is a systematic effort to demolish. The current government has already reduced the number of staff within land management agencies by more than 25%. A one-third reduction to the Forest Service budget has been proposed.
