Other Ag News: USDA Prioritizing Common Sense Forest Management, Moves Forest Service Headquarters to Salt Lake City

(Washington, D.C., March 31, 2026) — Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Forest Service announced it will move its headquarters to Salt Lake City, Utah, and begin a sweeping restructuring of the agency to move leadership closer to the forests and communities it serves.

For an agency whose lands, partners, and operational challenges are overwhelmingly concentrated in the West, the shift represents a structural reset and a common-sense approach to improve mission delivery.