WOKE OP THE FOEEST SEWTCE 7/EICn TSITTS 



194,500,000 ACHES OF NATIONAL FORTSTS 



Not Released Until 

 SUNDAY, HAY 30 ; 



Of 



The inclysedjinforrnation is given out by the Forest Service in 

 iccordance with the provision of law to the following effect : 



"That no part of this appropriation shall be paid or used for 

 be purpose of paying for, in whole or in part, the preparation 

 >r publication of any newspaper or magazine article, but this 

 hall not prevent the giving out to all persons without discrimi- 

 lation. including newspaper and magazine ivriters and publishers, 

 f any facts or official information of value to the public." 



The Forest Service will be glad to see a marked copy of any 

 iaper in which this information may appear. By pasting the 

 ttached frank on the wrapper the paper can be mailed without 



tamp. 



I'orm 38O 



3PRINTED MATTER. 



FOREST SERVICE. 



U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Official Business, 



Penalty for Private Use, $300. 



THE FORESTER, 



Forest Service, 



(Marked Copy) WASHINGTON, D. C. 



tive force of the Forest Service from Washington into the field, 

 and the division of the western country into six forest districts, 

 each in charge of a district forester, the practical management of 

 Uncle Sam's forests on a -business basis is being pushed forward 

 even more effectively than heretofore. Only the general adminis- 

 trative heads of the Service and the men engaged in government for- 

 estry work in the eastern part of the country retain their head- 

 quarters in Washington, 



For the better administration of the 194,500,000 acres 

 of national Forest land, this vast territory is divided into 149 

 National Forests, each in charge of a Forest Supervisor. In all 

 cases, the Supervisor is selected for his wide practical knowledge 

 of the West, and of lumber inc and grazing particularly. He nay or 

 may not be a trained forester. If not a trained forester himself, 

 he has such a man to assist hin. It is the business of the Forest 



