THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



of the organization takes its rise. The Ser- 

 vice Meeting is the best thing in the Forest 

 Service, and that is saying a great deal. 



It must not be imagined that the main- 

 tenance of Foresf Service headquarters in 

 Washington indicates that the actual busi- 

 ness of handling the National Forests is 

 carried on at long range. In order to avoid 

 any such possibility the six District offices 

 were organized in 1908. These are situated 

 at Missoula, Denver, Albuquerque, Port- 

 land, Ogden, and San Francisco. Each of 

 the District offices is in charge of a District 

 Forester, who directs the practical carrying 

 out of the policies finally determined upon in 

 Washington, after consultation with the 

 men in the field. The execution of all the 

 work, the larger features of which the Wash- 

 ington office decides and directs (and the de- 

 tails of which it inspects ) , is the task of the 

 District Forester. The District Forester's 



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