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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 SERVICE 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 Oklahoma), 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. 



