U.S. Department of Agriculuture

The Forest Service wants to shut down research hubs to cut costs. But the agency plans to close one that costs less than $1 per month to rent while keeping another open at $1 million per month.

Environmental groups have turned in more than 122,000 public comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Interior Department urging the agencies to protect mature and old-growth forests on public lands from logging.

A West Virginia wildlife official says nearly one-third of the elk herd transported from Arizona two years ago have died from a parasite.White-tailed deer…