State & Regional

Moab’s NPS building removed from DOGE lease termination list

KPCW | By The Times-Independent

Published June 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM MDT

The National Park Service Southeast Utah Group headquarters building. Its lease is listed for termination by the Department of Government Efficiency. — The National Park Service Southeast Utah Group headquarters building. Its lease was listed for termination by the Department of Government Efficiency.

The impending lease termination of the Resource Boulevard building that houses personnel from the National Park Service and the U.S. Geological Survey has been rescinded.

That's according to Southeast Utah Group of National Parks and Monuments spokesperson Karen Henker.

No reason was given for removing it from a list of nearly 600 federal sites the Department of Government Efficiency earmarked for closure.

Though still listed as subject to lease termination on DOGE’s website as of June 25, Henker said the closure is no longer moving forward and the building will remain in use.

The Grand County Commission urged Utah’s congressional delegation to review the closure after it was announced, as staff and administrators at NPS and the USGS Biological Science Center fretted what the fallout will be as there is not another building that could accommodate the two groups.

Roughly 50 NPS employees and 20 from the USGS work in the building.

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