Forest Service will close research stations that study wildfire risk

Scientists say their work on fires and climate change could be lost as the agency moves its headquarters to Utah from Washington and shuts 57 research stations.

(John Stember | The New York Times) The Bozeman Forestry Research Station after a snowfall in Montana, Friday, April 3, 2026. The U.S. Forest Service research facility employs six people and is one of the locations that’s going to be potentially impacted by the recent U.S. Forest Service reorganization.

Forest Service will close research stations that study wildfire risk

Scientists say their work on fires and climate change could be lost as the agency moves its headquarters to Utah from Washington and shuts 57 research stations.

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