I really don't understand this. The NPS is supposed to be the agency that oversees the National Parks, Monuments and Historical Parks/Military Battlefields. Those places are held in trust as places of natural wonder or historic interest and are preserved and managed essentially for tourism.
The USFS and BLM manage public lands for multiple use, including tourism, but also encompassing many commercial uses.
The two agencies really have different missions and the official designation or natural character of the lands has always dictated who has control. National monuments have always come under the umbrella of the NPS and Department of the Interior, not USFS or BLM and Department of Agriculture. If what is being reported here is accurate, this is a disturbing departure from the norm.
