REPORT OF THE FORESTER. 



U. S. Department of Agrioultuee, 



Forest Service, 

 Washington, D. C, December 3, 1907. 

 Sir : I have the honor to transmit herewith a report of the work 

 of the Forest Service for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1907, together 

 with an outline of the plans for the work of the Service for the cur- 

 rent fiscal year. 



EespectfuUy, 



Gifeord Pinchot, Forester. 

 Hon. James Wilson, Secretary. 



SUMBEABY. 



EVENTS OP THE YXJAR. 



The salient facts of the year in connection with the work of the 

 Forest Service wei:e: 



A radical change of organization to secure closer cooperation of 

 allied lines of work with o:.e another and better control by the 

 Forester through a large reduction in the number of administrative 

 heads reporting directly to him. 



A decided extension and improvement in the system of inspection, 

 through which the Office of the Forester is kept informed as to the 

 efficiency of work in the field. 



The creation of six inspection districts, with headquarters at 

 Missoula, Denver, Albuquerque, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, and 

 Portland. 



Closer touch between office and field and a more unified service 

 through a system by which supervisors are brought in turn from their 

 Forests to fill, for periods of two or three months, the positions of 

 the six district foresters at Washington. 



A marked growth in the heartiness of support to the National 

 Forest policy by the people of the West, who have now definitely 

 made that policy their own. 



An increase of the National Forests, held and managed by the 

 National Government to serve the best interests of the public, both 

 now and always, from 107,000,000 to 160,000,000 acres. 



Better adjustment of the relations between the National Forests as 

 sources of wealth and the citizens who benefit by them, together with 

 a very much wider use of the Forests. 



Notable success in the control of grazing on the Forests, to the 

 satisfaction of those entitled to use of the range, the advantage of 



