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Lands examines and classifies lands in the Forests 

 to determine their value for forest purposes, con- 

 ducts the work in connection with claims on the For- 

 ests prior to proceedings before United States reg- 

 isters and receivers, and assists the Chief Engineer 

 of the Service in handling matters in connection 

 with the occupation and use of the National Forest 

 lands for hydro-electric power purposes. The 

 Branch of Silviculture supervises the sale and cut- 

 ting of timber on the National Forests and cooper- 

 ates with States in protecting forest lands under 

 Section 2 of the Weeks Law. The Branch of Re- 

 search has supervision over the investigative work 

 of the Service, including silvicultural studies, 

 studies of state forest conditions, investigations of 

 the lumber and wood-using industries and lumber 

 prices, and the investigative work carried on at the 

 Forest Products Laboratory and the Forest Ex- 

 periment Stations. The Branch of Grazing super- 

 vises the grazing of live stock upon the National 

 Forests, allotting grazing privileges and dividing 

 the ranges between different owners and classes of 

 stock. It is also charged with the work of improv- 

 ing depleted grazing lands and of cooperating with 

 the Federal and state authorities in the enforce- 



