MISSOULA - A federal plan to reorganize, cut and consolidate various offices within the U.S. Department of Agriculture will have devastating economic impacts on Missoula County, officials warned this week.

With the clock ticking, members of the Missoula City Council, along with retired Forest Service employees and educators, are calling on Montana's congressional delegation to proceed with transparency and consider the potential ramifications of the “reorganization memorandum,” which would all but erase the Region 1 office in Missoula and the many services it provides.

The City Council's Committee of the Whole adopted the resolution calling for transparency on Wednesday.

“It feels like there may be conversations happening behind the scenes, but from a public standpoint, people are confu

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