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2. How many national forests are there in the California region, 

 and what is their area f 



There are 18 national forests in the California region, with a net 

 area of 19516,332 acres of Government land (June 30, 1930). 



3. When was the first national forest created in California? 



The San Gabriel Timberland Reserve, in southern California, con- 

 taining 555.520 acres, was proclaimed by President Harrison on 

 December 20, 1892. 



ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL 



1. Who have supervision over the national forests of the Cali- 

 fornia region? 



The regional forester, chief of the California region, whose head- 

 quarters are in the Ferry Building at San Francisco, and the forest 

 supervisors who are under the regional forester and have charge of 

 the individual national forests. These forests and their headquarters 

 are as follows : 



Angeles Brownstein-Louis Building, Los Angeles, Calif. 



California Willows, Calif. 



Cleveland Federal Building, San Diego, Calif. 



Eldorado Plaeerville, Calif. 



Inyo Bishop, Calif. 



Klamath Yreka, Calif. 



Lassen Susanville, Calif. 



Modoc Alturas, Calif. 



Mono Minden, Nev. 



Plumas Quincy, Calif. 



San Bernardino Federal Building, San Bernardino, Calif. 



Santa Barbara Federal Building, Santa Barbara, Calif. 



Sequoia Porterville, Calif. 



Shasta Mount Shasta, Calif. 



Sierra North Fork, Calif. 



Stanislaus Sonora, Calif. 



Tahoe Nevada City, Calif. 



Trinity Weaverville, Calif. 



2. How many yearlong Forest Service officers are there in the 

 California region? 



Including the regional forester, his staff, and clerical assistants, 

 there are about 315. The average force of yearlong employees on 

 the 18 national forests include 18 forest supervisors, 16 assistant 

 supervisors, 50 clerks and stenographers, 40 field assistants on the 

 supervisors' staffs assigned to special forest activities, construction 

 work, and fire protection, and 95 district rangers, including men in 

 charge of timber sales, and 20 assistant rangers. The force is in- 

 creased in summer by some 475 protective assistants and forest 

 guards, 110 lookout men, 45 scalers, and 85 registrars, making a 

 grand total of 1,030 employees in the California region, exclusive of 

 men on construction work. 



3. How can I identify a Forest Service officer? 



Regular officers wear the Forest Service badge which is a bronze 

 shield bearing a pine tree flanked by the letters " I T . S." and the 



