Trump administration orders dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service

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68. 193 MILLION acres - the largest body of public land anywhere. Not just in America, but the whole world.

Being commodified. The new headquarters of the National Forest Service moved to Utah? The home of the most rabid anti-public land ideologues.

All the science lost: fifty research stations across thirty-one states are shutting down, and with them go decades of long-term scientific data on wildfire behavior, endangered species, watershed health, and climate patterns. Thanks for sharing that, jeffreyi.

Some of the best documentation and explanation of what the Trump administration is doing is from the More Than Just Parks substack, co-founded by award-winning filmmakers and conservationists Jim and Will Pattiz. Their careers have involved capturing and telling the stories of our beautiful wild spaces.

They have an interactive map where we can all see where the threats are. Mapping the Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service to show every regional office, every research station, what they protect, and what you can do to stop it.