36 MISC. PUBLICATION 290, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Timberland owners, farmers who have woodlands, other small 
landowners, livestock producers, and persons wishing information on 
such subjects as tree planting for timber production, windbreaks, 
shelterbelts, range management, and control of erosion are given such 
data as the Service has available, applicable to their special needs. 
Information on such matters as the properties and uses of wood, 
wood seasoning and preservative treatment, and methods of obtain- 
ing or utilizing forest products of any kind is obtainable from the 
Forest Products Laboratory where investigations of this character 
are centered. 
The Forest Service has a large collection of photographs showing 
forest conditions and illustrative of forest utilization and forest 
work generally in all parts of the United States. This collection is 
open to the public for inspection. Photographic prints, lantern 
slides, and. forest maps are furnished for educational purposes, 
through loan or sale. 
Material for use in visual education may be borrowed for short 
periods without cost except for transportation, by schools, libraries, 
clubs, and other institutions or organizations. This material con- 
sists of traveling exhibits, sets of lantern slides, film strips, and 
motion-picture films. Lists of this material are available upon 
request. 
FOREST SERVICEK ORGANIZATION 
The administration of the national forests and the conduct of all 
matters relating to forestry which have been charged to the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture by Congress are, under the direction of the 
Secretary of Agriculture, in the hands of the Chief of the Forest 
Service whose office is in Washington, D. C. 
In order to prevent delays in the administration of the national 
forests and to keep closer touch on problems as they arise in the 
field, the country has been divided into 10 national forest regions 
with a regional forester in charge of each. Their respective head- 
quarters are located as follows: 
Region 1. Northern region (Montana, northeastern Washington, northern 
Idaho, and northwestern South Dakota), Missoula, Mont. 
Region 2. Rocky Mountain region (Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, Ne- 
braska, and Kansas), Denver, Colo. 
Region 3, Southwestern region (Arizona and New Mexico), Albuquerque, 
N. Mex. 
Region 4. Intermountain region (Utah, southern Idaho, western Wyoming, 
eastern and central Nevada), Ogden, Utah. 
Region 5. California region (California and southwestern Nevada), San 
Francisco, Calif. 
Region 6. North Pacific region (Washington and Oregon), Portland, Oreg. 
Region 7. Eastern region (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, 
Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, 
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky), Washington, D. C. 
Region 8. Southern region (North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, 
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, that 
portion of Oklahoma east of the Indian meridian, and Puerto Rico), Atlanta, 
Ga. 
Region 9. North Central States region (Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, 
North Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio), Milwaukee, Wis. 
Region 10. Alaska Region, Juneau, Alaska. 
The Prairie States forestry project has its headquarters in Lincoln, Nebr. 
