Forest Service shake-up will boost states’ role — but even supporters have concerns

By: Alex Brown

Outlets: Stateline

Published: April 14, 2026

Words: 1,689

Last Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago

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A sweeping reorganization of the U.S. Forest Service signals that the agency is planning to lean heavily on states to help manage millions of acres of federal land, foresters across the West say.

State officials and timber industry leaders say they’ve been given scant details about the plan, which will move the agency’s headquarters from Washington, D.C., to Salt Lake City, restructure its regional management, and close scores of research stations in dozens of …

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