NEWS: Forest Service Completely Restructuring, Group Sues to Allow Guns In Parks & A New National Park?

This week in national park and public lands news: A major US Forest Service overhaul, including relocating its headquarters from Washington, DC to Salt Lake City by 2027; a bill to redesignate Chiricahua National Monument as a national park passed the House and heads to the Senate; National Park Week in 2026 will move to August; a lawsuit challenges firearm bans inside NPS buildings; Grand Canyon’s South Rim enters Stage 3 water restrictions after a Trans-Canyon Waterline break, and more.

00:00 Intro00:38 Forest Service Overhaul02:32 New Arizona Park Push03:39 Mammoth Cave Expansion04:05 National Park Week Moves05:14 Firearms Rules Lawsuit06:29 Grand Canyon Water Crisis08:23 Idaho Wildlife Charges09:22 Millions of Bees Spill10:35 Wrap Up and Goodbye