xii 



FOREWORD 



Christopher M. Granger s concise, factual 

 summary of his forty-five year forestry career gives 

 an excellent insight into the formative years of the 

 Forest Service and is particularly valuable because 

 he was one of the leaders who made major policy 

 decisions. The statement is far too modest in describing 

 his part in the growth and development of the Forest 

 Service. It is not an overstatement to say that Chris 

 played a prominent role in establishing the Forest 

 Service as an outstanding Government agency with a well- 

 deserved reputation for integrity and efficiency. 



Those who worked for and with Chris Granger, or 

 were associated with him, had, by and large, complete 

 confidence in his integrity and had a high regard for 

 his ability to choose the right course of action no 

 matter how complicated the situation. He was always 

 anxious to listen to all sides of a controversy and 

 was then quick to sort fact from fiction. He was not 

 one to waste time appointing committees to consider a 

 problem, nor did he require elaborate briefing before 

 he was ready to testify before a Congressional Committee 

 or to argue an important policy matter. 



