52 ~—s CIR. 211, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
FOREST SERVICE ORGANIZATION 
WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE 
The administration of the national forests and the 
conduct of all matters relating to forestry wich have 
been charged to the Department of Agriculture by 
Congress are, under the direction of the Secretary of 
Agriculture, in the hands of the Forester and the 
associate forester. The work of the Forest Service 
is organized under the branches of operation, forest 
management, range management, lands, research, engi- 
neering, finance and accounts, and public relations. 
The branch of operation has general supervision of 
personnel equipment, quarters, and supplies of the 
service, and of all fire control and permanent improve- 
ment 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. 
The branch of range management supervises the 
grazing of livestock upon the national forests, allot- 
ting grazing privileges, and dividing the ranges be- 
tween 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 enforcement 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 proceed- 
ings before United States registers and receivers; and 
has general supervision over the use and occupancy 
of national-forest lands under special-use permits, the 
development of recreational resources within the na- 
tional forests, the exchanges of national-forest lands 
and timber for lands in private ownership within 
the national forests, and the administrative work 
connected with the purchase of forest lands in the 
eastern United States. 
