The US Geological Survey is about to shut down one of its oldest units and mothball its collection of over 1 million animal specimens, currently housed in the Smithsonian. Shutting the Biological Survey Unit will save an insignificant amount of money, but the loss to science will be permanent.
from Forbes Real Time https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/2018/03/12/starving-science-a-shortsighted-national-strategy/
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