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National Forest Districts. 



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

 administration of the National Forests, eight field 

 districts have been established, with a district forester 

 in charge at each of the headquarters, as follows: 

 District 1, northern district (Montana, northeastern 

 Washington, northern Idaho, and northwestern South 

 Dakota), Missoula, Mont.; district 2, Rocky Moun- 

 tain district (Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, Ne- 

 braska, northern Michigan, and northern Minnesota), 

 Denver, Colo.; district 3, southwestern district (Ari- 

 zona and Mew Mexico ) , Albuquerque, X. Mex. ; dis- 

 trict 4, intermountain district (Utah, southern Idaho, 

 western Wyoming, eastern and central Nevada, and 

 northwestern Arizona), Ogden, Utah; district 5, 

 California district (California and southwestern Ne- 

 vada ) , San Francisco, Calif. ; district 6, North Pacific 

 district (Washington and Oregon), Portland, Oreg. ; 

 district 7, eastern district (Maine, New Hampshire. 

 Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro- 

 lina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, 

 Oklahoma, and Porto Rico), Washington, D. C. ; and 

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



In the eight field districts established for decen- 

 tralized administration of the National Forests, the 

 work of the district forester is directed by the 

 branches in their several lines. Under the district 

 forester, assistant district foresters are in immediate 

 charge of the same specialized activities throughout 

 the district and on the individual Forests. The forest 

 supervisors direct all activities on their forests, and 

 the line of responsibility runs from them to the dis- 

 trict forester, and from the latter to the forester. 

 The Forests and districts are geographic divisions, 

 each with a chief executive responsible to a single 

 superior executive, who is aided in his supervision 

 and direction of the division under him by specialized 

 branches in his office. 



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