🚨 USDA's Forest Service will move its headquarters to Salt Lake City, Utah, and begin a sweeping restructuring of the agency to move leadership closer to the forests and communities it serves, a structural reset and a common-sense approach to improve mission delivery.
— Dept. of Agriculture (@USDA) March 31, 2026
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MICHIGAN ~ The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced this week that its Forest Service will be closing all four of Michigan’s forest research stations.
Michigan contains three national forests that cover over 3 million acres, with the stations located in Houghton, East Lansing, Manistee County, and Baraga County. A regional service center will be established in Madison, WI, which will serve the Great Lakes region, including Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Missouri, according to a USDA press release.
The cuts in Michigan are part of a larger restructuring with the U.S. Forest Service, which will see 57 research center closures and move its headquarters from Washington, D.C., to Salt Lake City, Utah.
