Podcast: Uncertainty at U.S. Forest Service and on America’s public lands

MAINE MORNING STAR • May 2, 2026

The U.S. Forest Service is reorganizing. The federal agency will move their headquarters from Washington D.C. to Salt Lake City, closing over 50 research stations in 31 states, and will restructure management to rely on states more. All these changes are coming while state GOP leaders and the Trump administration are pushing for the sale or transfer of federal public lands.