U.S. Forest Service to close Portland headquarters, research station, open Salem office

US Forest Service to close Portland headquarters, research station, open Salem office

The restructuring at the Forest Service involves closing the 100-year-old Pacific Northwest Research Station and installing a new state director in Salem.

U.S. Forest Service to close Portland headquarters, research station, open Salem office

The U.S. Forest Service plans to close a century-old Portland-based forest research station and a regional U.S. Forest Service headquarters but open a new federal office in Salem in a massive restructuring of the federal agency. The movements are part…