ABOUT THE FOREST SERVICE 
As our Nation grows, people expect and need more from their forests—more 
wood; more water, fish and wildlife; more recreation and natural beauty; more special 
forest products and forage. The Forest Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture 
helps to fulfill these expectations and needs through three major activities. 
@ Conducting forest and range research at over 75 locations ranging from Puerto 
Rico to Alaska to Hawaii. 
e@ Participating with all State forestry agencies in cooperative programs to 
protect, improve, and wisely use our Country’s 395 million acres of State, local, 
and private forest lands. 
e Managing and protecting the 187-million acre National Forest System. 
The Forest Service does this by encouraging use of the new knowledge that 
research scientists develop; by setting an example in managing, under sustained yield, 
the National Forests and Grasslands for multiple use purposes: and by cooperating 
with all States and with private citizens in their efforts to achieve better management, 
protection, and use of forest resources. 
For more than 70 years, the Forest Service has been serving the Nation as a 
leading natural resource conservation agency. 
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