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North America contains some of the longest continuous deciduous forest records on the planet. (mander.xyz)

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[-] TachyonTele@piefed.social 253 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I wouldn't call this a meme. It is fucking horrible news though

Edit. It's half true, see comments below

[-] craftrabbit@lemmy.zip 33 points 2 weeks ago

Idk. Is this even real? Is this a real thing that is happening? I guess it's a meme insofar as it's a very ridiculous, far-fetched, outrageous thing for the leader of a country to do. And yet, I genuinely don't know whether to think that it's true...

[-] FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world 37 points 2 weeks ago

He is moving the forest service HQ out of washington DC and shutting down research. Ive not heard that he's closing regional offices.

Ive always felt like people think of the National Forests as National Parks or preserves, but theyre not. National Forests are mixed use allowing for recreation and industry.

Moving the HQ to the west makes sense to me since that's where a bulk of the forestland is. And we know that stupid people dont like smart people and their ideas, so research was bound to get torpedoed by Trump.

https://apnews.com/article/forest-service-relocation-dc-salt-lake-city-eca93fa055ffce3528f5e8c71160a135

[-] LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

He is also not eliminating research, a lot of research projects are closing but this seems to be more of a re-org.

Some jobs will change and some employees will be asked to move to new locations, according to a March 31 email that Thomas M. Schultz, Jr., the Forest Service chief, sent to employees of the research and development section.

“The consolidation of research stations does not mean a retreat from the agency’s research mission,” Mr. Schultz said in the email. “Forest Service R&D has produced world-class science for over a century, and that will continue. The consolidation is about organizing the research enterprise more efficiently, not diminishing it.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/climate/forest-service-research-stations.html

[-] ritsku@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

From what I heard they are shuttering all regional offices - even if they do open back up, it’ll be a question of what loyalist garbage they put in there https://www.hatchmag.com/articles/trump-administration-orders-dismantling-us-forest-service/7716263