WSK. OP THE FOKEST SSEYTCE V7EICE TSITFS Not Released Until 

 194,500,000 ACHES 0? NATIONAL FORTSTS SUNDAY, MAY 30 ; 



Following the movement of the larger pe.rt of the execu- 

 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 7/ashington* 



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 ^Yest, and of lumbering and grazing particularly. He may or 

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

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



