U.S. Forest Service's Profile

Name:
U.S. Forest Service
Member Since:
February 29, 2008
Member Name:
USFS
Last Logged in:
February 29, 2008
Biography:

Established in 1905, the Forest Service is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Forest Service manages public lands in national forests and grasslands.

Gifford Pinchot, the first Chief of the Forest Service, summed up the mission of the Forest Service— "to provide the greatest amount of good for the greatest amount of people in the long run."

National forests and grasslands encompass 193 million acres of land, which is an area equivalent to the size of Texas.

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