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Rollins: Forest Service reorganization going 'full-bore ahead'

A federal judge halted the plan on October 13, which would move Forest Service headquarters to Salt Lake City and close twenty-three research stations; the appeal is pending.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAgriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says the administration is going full-bore ahead on moving the Forest Service, and a federal judge stopped that move earlier this month.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorJudge Vince Chhabria halted the reorganization in an October 13 order, writing that the administration almost certainly violated congressional limits on spending money meant for other purposes.

  3. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOkay, and what's in the plan? Because I'm a person in America and I'd like to know what's happening to my forest.

  4. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorHeadquarters moves from Washington to Salt Lake City, twenty-three research stations close, and state-run offices replace the regional ones.

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorUtah's governor, Spencer Cox, calls the move a big win for Utah and the West.

  6. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorTwenty-three research stations.

  7. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorLast month the administration said forty-one facilities that faced possible closure would stay open.

  8. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Washington, that is called a concession, and I bet the plaintiffs, unions and environmental groups, call it a start.

  9. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorRollins said she believes in it more today than ever, and the whole thing is under appeal. So a court said stop, and the answer is more believing.

  10. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe Associated Press reports the administration has not given up. I'd call it a plan with a very patient lawyer.

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