42 Circular 211, Dept. of Agriculture 



States in protecting forest lands under the Weeks law. 



The branch of grazing supervises the grazing of live- 

 stock upon the national forests, allotting grazing priv- 

 ileges and dividing the ranges between different owners 

 and classes of stock. It is also charged with the work 

 of improving depleted grazing areas and of cooperating 

 with the Federal and State authorities in the enforl^- 

 ment of livestock quarantine regulations. 



The branch of lands examines and classifies lands 

 within the national forests to determine their value for 

 forest purposes; conducts the work in connection with 

 claims on the national forests prior to proceedings 

 before United States registers and receivers; and has 

 general supervision over the use and occupancy of m 

 national forest lands under special-use permits, the") 

 development of recreational resources within the na- 

 tional forests, the exchanges of national forest lands an^ 

 timber for lands in private ownership within the na- 

 tional forests, and the administrative work connected 

 with the purchase of forest lands in the eastern United 

 States. 



The branch of research has supervision over the 

 investigative work of the service, including silvicultural 

 studies, studies of State forest conditions, investiga- 

 tions of the lumber and wood-using industries and lum- 

 ber prices, and the investigative work carried on at 

 the Forest Products Laboratory and the forest experi- 

 ment stations. 



The branch of engineering administers water power 

 permits and easements granted prior to the passage of 

 the Federal water power act, and makes such power 

 investigations and reports as are requested by the 

 Federal Power Commission. It is also charged with 

 the making of such surveys and maps as are necessary 

 to the national forest work. It administers for the 

 Forest Service the provisions of the national forqsj 

 road appropriation acts and supervises the construc- 

 tion of such roads and trails as are handled by the 

 Forest Service. All civil-engineering work in the serv- 

 ice is now handled by this branch. 



