How to 

 Apply 



All permanent positions in the Forest 

 Service are filled by appointment 

 from lists of eligibles furnished by 

 the Civil Service Commission. These 

 lists are established as a result of 

 competitive examinations based on 

 experience and education. A 

 numerical rating is established based 

 on evaluation of such information. 

 The applicant with the highest 

 numerical score is placed at the top 

 of the eligible list. 



Additional information about 

 examination announcements can be 

 obtained from any Civil Service 

 Commission Federal Job 

 Information Center. If you meet the 

 requirements listed in the Civil 

 Service examination announcement, 

 fill out the required application 

 forms and toward them to the 

 appropriate examining office of the 

 U.S. Civil Service Commission, in 

 accordance with instructions in the 

 announcement. 



Applicants selected generally enter 

 the Forest Service at grade GS— 5 or 

 GS — 7, depending on their 

 qualifications and experience. 

 Following an initial training period, 

 assignments are made to operating 

 positions. After a year of satisfactory 

 performance, employees are eligible 

 for promotion consideration. 



Regional Offices and Experiment 

 Stations have employment 

 jurisdiction over positions in their 

 geographic areas. For further 

 information, write to the regional 

 Forester or Experiment Station 

 Director in the area where you wish 

 to work. (See map.) The addresses 

 are as follows: 



Regional Forester, 

 USDA Forest Service 



Alaska Region 



Federal Office Building 

 P.O. Box 1628 

 Juneau, Alaska 99802 



Southwestern Region 



517 Gold Avenue SW 

 Albuquerque, N. Mexico 87102 



California Region 



630 Sansome Street 



San Francisco, Calif. 941 1 1 



Rocky Mountain Region 



11177 West 8th Avenue 

 P.O. Box 25127 

 Denver, Colorado, 80225 



Intermountain Region 



324 25th Street 

 Ogden, Utah 84401 



Northern Region 



Federal Building 

 Missoula, Montana 59807 



Pacific Northwest Region 



319 SW Pine Street 

 P.O. Box 3623 

 Portland, Oregon 97208 



Eastern Region 



633 W. Wisconsin Avenue 

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203 



Southern Region 



1720 Peachtree Road NW 

 Atlanta, Georgia 30309 



Director, 



USDA Forest Service 



Forest Products Laboratory 



P.O. Box 5130 



North Walnut Street, Madison, Wis. 



53705 



North Central Forest Experiment 

 Station 



Folwell Avenue, St. Paul, Minn. 55108 



Pacific Northwest Forest and Range 

 Experiment Station 



809 NE Sixth Avenue 

 P.O. Box 3141 

 Portland, Oreg. 97208 



Pacific Southwest Forest and Range 

 Experiment Station 



1960 Addison Street, P.O. Box 245, 

 Berkeley, Calif. 94701 



Southeastern Forest Experiment 

 Station 



P.O. Box 2570, Asheville, N.C. 28802 



Southern Forest Experiment Station 



Room T-10210 Postal Services 

 Building, 701 Loyala Avenue. New 

 Orleans, La. 70113 



Institute of Tropical Forestry 



P.O. Box AQ, Rio Piedras, Puerto 

 Rico 00928 



Intermountain Forest and Range 

 Experiment Station 



507 25th Street, Ogden, Utah 84401 



Northeastern Forest Experiment 

 Station 



370 Reed Road, Broomall. Pa. 19008 



Rocky Mountain Forest and Range 

 Experiment Station 



240 West Prospect Street, Fort 

 Collins, Colo. 80521 



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