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  "path": "/2026/04/20/repub/forest-service-plan-to-close-research-stations-stokes-fear-as-wildfire-season-approaches/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-20T21:15:20.000Z",
  "site": "https://floridaphoenix.com",
  "tags": [
    "Environment",
    "Politics & Law",
    "Wild Florida!",
    "Working & The Economy",
    "American Forest Resource Council",
    "Chandra Rosenthal",
    "Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics",
    "George Geissler",
    "Jamie Barnes",
    "Kelly Norris",
    "Kevin Hood",
    "Mike Dombeck",
    "Nick Smith",
    "Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Laboratory",
    "Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility",
    "Robert Bonnie",
    "Southern Institute of Forest Genetics",
    "Tom Schultz",
    "U.S. Forest Service",
    "wildfire"
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  "textContent": "The U.S. Forest Service’s plan to close scores of research stations could threaten the nation’s wildfire readiness, many foresters fear, and erode decades of work to understand timber production, soil health, pests and diseases, watersheds and wildlife. Late last month, the Forest Service announced plans to close 57 of its 77 research stations, located across […]",
  "title": "Forest Service plan to close research stations stokes fear as wildfire season approaches"
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