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^►The branch of public relations devises and develops 

 means of contact with the public, to the end that the 

 services which the Forest Service is prepared to render 

 may be better known and more generally made use of. 

 These means include official publications, information 

 for the press, information and material for use in schools, 

 mid forestry exhibits and motion pictures. The 

 uranch gives particular attention to enlisting the 

 cooperation of the public in the prevention and controL 

 of forest fires. 



NATIONAL FOREST DISTRICTS 



In order to. prevent delay and "red tape" in the 

 administration of the national forests, eight field dis- 

 tricts have been established, with a district forester 

 in charge at each of the headquarters, as follows: 

 * District 1. — Northern district (Montana, north- 

 eastern Washington, northern Idaho, and northwestern 

 South Dakota), Missoula, Mont. 



District 2. — Rocky Mountain district (Colorado, 

 J ^ Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska, northern Michigan 

 and northern Minnesota), Denver, Colo. 



District 3. — Southwestern district (Arizona and 

 New Mexico), Albuquerque, N. Mex. 



District 4- — Intermountain district (Utah, southern 

 Idaho, western Wyoming, eastern and central Nevada, 

 and northwestern Arizona), Ogden, Utah. 



District 5. — California district (California and south- 

 western Nevada), San Francisco, Calif. 



District 6. — North Pacific district (Washington and 

 Oregon), Portland, Oreg. 



District 7. — Eastern district (Maine, New Hamp- 

 shire, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South 

 Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, 

 Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Porto Rico), Washington, 

 -*D. C. 



District 8. — Alaskan district (Alaska), Juneau. 

 Alaska. 



In the eight field districts established for decen- 

 tralized administration of the national forests, the 



