Mapping the Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service

Every regional office, research station, what they protect, and what you can do to stop it.

This is part of our ongoing reporting on this topic. Also read Trump Administration Announces Dismantling of the US Forest Service and White House Confirms Forest Service Dismantling in Rebuttal.

On Tuesday, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins ordered the closure of every U.S. Forest Service regional office in the country. The headquarters is moving to Salt Lake City. More than fifty research facilities across thirty-one states are being shuttered. The regional structure that has governed 193 million acres of your national forests since 1908 is being replaced by fifteen political appointees called “state directors.”

We covered the breaking news in detail two days ago. Today we’re doing something different. We’re showing you exactly what the administration just destroyed, region by region, forest by forest. Because “every regional office” is an abstraction. What follows is not.

We’ve organized this piece by region so you can find your forests. If you want the full picture of what’s being…