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'Transformation' of the U.S. Forest Service looks like dismantling to critics

NPR | By Rachel Cohen
Published May 5, 2026 at 4:50 PM EDT

In the month since the Trump administration announced a major reorganization of the U.S. Forest Service, critics have called it a stealth dismantling. The plan includes moving its headquarters.

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