The White House shot down the idea that President Donald Trump issued an order to dismantle the Forest Service, which is being relocated from Washington, D.C., to Salt Lake City.

Hatch Magazine, a publication primarily covering fly fishing, published an article last Thursday that said the Agriculture Department headquarters was being effectively dismantled and that scientific research was being quashed by the Trump administration.

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