Forest Service headquarters to relocate to Salt Lake City in major restructuring plan

By: Alixel Cabrera, Utah News Dispatch

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: April 3, 2026

Words: 526

Last Updated: 3 months, 4 weeks ago

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The headquarters of the U.S. Forest Service will move from Washington, D.C., to Salt Lake City, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday, a move the agency described as a “common-sense approach to improve mission delivery.”

Noting that the lands, partners and operational challenges it serves are overwhelmingly in the West, the agency said in a news release it hopes to “begin a sweeping restructuring” of the office by moving its leadership closer to …

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