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 Forest 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 seven District offices 

 were organized. These are situated at 

 Missoula, Denver, Albuquerque, Portland, 

 Ogden, San Francisco, and Washington. 

 Each of the District offices is in charge of a 

 District Forester, who directs the practical 

 carrying out of the policies finally deter- 

 mined upon in Washington, after consulta- 

 tion with the men in the field. The execu- 

 tion of all the work, the larger features of 

 which the Washington office decides and 

 directs (and the details of which it inspects) , 

 is the task of the District Forester. The 



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