Utah and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) have signed an agreement authorizing the state to have a hand in managing more than 8 million acres of national forest and adjacent land.
Utah is the third to sign such an agreement, following Idaho and Montana.
“The term I like is cooperative federalism, but there’s a role for the states to manage federal lands, and that’s what we’re doing here today,” said USFS Chief Tom Schultz at the agreement signing. The agreement does not pertain to other federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management or National Park Service.
