THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



England States, with New York, Penn- 

 sylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, 

 Virginia and West Virginia. The head of 

 the Service, whose official title is " Forester," 

 is charged with the great task of protecting 

 this vast area against fire, theft, and other 

 depredations, and of making all its re- 

 sources, the wood, water, and grass, the 

 minerals, and the soil, available and useful 

 to the people of the United States under 

 regulations which will secure development 

 and prevent destruction or waste. 



The United States Forest Service con- 

 sists, first, of a protective force of Forest 

 Guards and Forest Rangers, who spend 

 practically the whole of their time in the 

 forest; second, of an executive staff of 

 Forest Supervisors and their assistants, who 

 have immediate charge of the handling of the 

 National Forests ; and third, of an adminis- 

 trative staff divided between headquarters 



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