NATIONAL FOREST ADMINISTRATION 13 



special duties. He is assisted by assistant district foresters, immedi- 

 ately charged with specialized work carried on in their district. Each 

 forest is run by a forest supervisor, who has a deputy when the work 

 of administration requires. 



Various lines of technical and administrative work must be carried 

 on in running a forest. This is done by forest assistants chosen 

 through technical examination. After a period of practice they are 

 eligible for posts of forest examiners, doing work of mapping areas, 

 examining timber, carrying on planting or nursery work and marking 

 timber for cutting. 



Each National Forest is further divided into ranger districts. The 

 Forest Ranger is the watchdog of the fire. He supervises timber 

 sales, grazing and uses of the forest. He helps build trails, roads and 

 bridges and string telephone lines. In addition there are special field 

 men needed in connection with logging and reforestation work. Dur- 

 ing the period of greatest fire danger special forest guards are 

 employed temporarily. 



The eight National Forest Districts are: 



I. Northern District Montana, northeastern Washington, north- 

 ern Idaho and northwestern South Dakota. Headquarters at Mis- 

 soula, Montana. 



II. Rocky Mountain District Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, 

 Nebraska, northern Michigan and northern Minnesota. Headquarters 

 at Denver, Colorado. 



III. Southwestern District Arizona and New Mexico. Head- 

 quarters at Albuquerque, New Mexico. 



IV. Intermountain District Utah, southern Idaho, western 

 Wyoming, eastern and central Nevada and northwestern Arizona. 

 Headquarters at Ogden, Utah. 



V. California District California and southwestern Nevada. 

 Headquarters at San Francisco, California. 



VI. North Pacific District Washington and Oregon, Head- 

 quarters at Portland, Oregon. 



VII. Eastern District Maine, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, 

 Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 

 Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Porto Rico. 

 Headquarters at Washington, D. C. 



VIII. Alaskan District Alaska. Headquarters at Juneau. 



