THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



of the Service and keeping its tone high. 

 Their reports to the Forester keep him 

 thoroughly advised as to the situation on 

 all the National Forests, so that he may 

 wisely meet each question as it comes up, and 

 adjust the regulations and routine business 

 methods of the Service to the constantly 

 changing needs of the people with whom it 

 deals. 



Being responsible for the personnel of the 

 Forest Service, the Forester recommends to 

 the Secretary of Agriculture, by whom the 

 actual papers are issued, all appointments to 

 it, as well as promotions, reductions, and dis- 

 missals. Under his immediate eye also is 

 the very important and necessary work of 

 making public the information collected by 

 the Service for the use of the people. Since 

 1900, 370 publications of the Service have 

 been issued, with a total circulation of 

 11,198,000 copies. 



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