GOVERNMENT FOREST WORK. 45 



Forest Service Organization. 

 Washington Office. 



The administration of the National Forests and 

 the conduct of all matters relating to forestry which 

 have been placed upon the Department of Agriculture 

 by Congress are, under the direction of the Secretary 

 of Agriculture, in charge of the Forester and an As- 

 sociate Forester. The work of the Forest Service is 

 organized under the Branches of Operation, Forest 

 Management. Grazing, Lands, Research, Engineering, 

 and Public Relations. 



The Branch of Operation has general supervision 

 of the finances, personnel, equipment, quarters, and. 

 supplies of the Service, and of all fire control and 

 permanent improvement work on the National Forests. 



The Branch of Forest Management supervises the 

 sale and cutting of timber on the National Forests 

 and reforestation of denuded land, and cooperates 

 with States in protecting forest lands under the 

 Weeks law. 



The Branch of Grazing supervises the grazing of 

 live stock upon the National Forests, allotting graz- 

 ing privileges and dividing the ranges between differ- 

 ent 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 enforcement of stock 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 proceed- 

 ings before United States registers and receivers ; and 

 has general supervision over the use and occupancy 



