Forest Products Lab Update

Here's an update on an item we posted on Friday regarding six properties at the Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) in Madison that the White House had listed as "excess property" that is to be sold to save taxpayers money. We reported how a spokeswoman from the facility was not aware the institution had made the list. Now we've learned, it's been a case of misinformation between the laboratory and the White House. Last year, the laboratory had technically listed those properties as "excess," so they could be demolished. They were outdated and weren't needed with the institution's new Centennial Research Facility. They were demolished, so they can't be sold now. Further, FPL leadership says it has "no intention of selling the property where the buildings once stood or any other existing FPL properties."

The goal had been to save taxpayers $15 billion over three years by selling this "excess property." That total will now be a little less.

To see the list of properties the White House has targeted to be sold, including at least 40 buildings in Wisconsin, click on this map