The Trump administration is moving the headquarters of the Forest Service from Washington, D.C., to Salt Lake City. The decision is the right one and, in a small way, restores political and economic power to citizens. Other federal entities should follow suit.

Washington has become a behemoth it was never meant to be. What was once a small village on the Potomac has become a swamp of special interests and an ever-expanding government, which too often ensnares and hobbles the nation’s people rather than governing in their interests.