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Forest Service's Grand Rapids research office slated to close The office is one of 47 research and development facilities closing amid a major reorganization of the agency. The Superior and Chippewa offices and their staffing are not impacted.

🌲📉The U.S. Forest Service plans to close its Grand Rapids research office—pulling scientists out of the very forests they study. That hurts rural jobs and weakens research that protects Minnesota’s forest ecosystems.

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