Documents obtained by NPR, and interviews with current and former Forest Service researchers, show that much of the agency's research is already cheap and local — and closing research facilities could make it less so, while encouraging workers to leave the agency.
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The Forest Service is trying to shut down research hubs because it says it needs to live within its means. But the agency plans to close facilities that cost less than $1 to rent while keeping open one that costs $1 million.
