28 CIR. 211, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
trained in highway engineering and construction are 
handled by the Bureau of Public Roads. The numer- 
ous road-improvement and repair projects required 
primarily for administrative and protective needs on 
the national forests, together with trail building and 
maintenance, are handled directly by the Forest Servy- 
ice and coordinated with fire control so far as possible 
so that construction crews may be available in re 
mote areas of great fire hazard as part of the fire- 
suppression organization. 
For the complete and economical use of the forage on 
the forests it is sometimes necessary to develop water 
supplies or to construct drift fences, bridges, trails, or 
other works. The Forest Service allots funds for their 
construction only when the benefit to the forest plainly 
warrants the expenditure. The use of funds for these 
purposes can often be made more effective if the 
assistance and cooperation of interested stockmen ¢an 
be secured. Requests for cooperation should be ad- 
dressed to the nearest forest officer. 
FOREST OFFICERS AND THE PUBLIC 
Whoever wishes to make any use of the resources 
of the national forests for which a permit is required 
should consult the nearest forest officer. Supervisors, 
rangers, and other forest officers carry out the admin- 
istrative policy prescribed for the national forests by 
Congress, as embodied in the regulations made by the 
Secretary of Agriculture. Forest officers are agents 
of the people, and their duty is to assist the public in 
making use of the resources of the forests. They 
aim to prevent misunderstandings and violation of for- 
est regulations by timely and tactful advice rather 
than to follow up violations by the exercise of their 
authority. Forest users can aid greatly in the efii- 
cient performance of the public business by according 
to forest officers the same frankness, consideration, 
and courtesy which the forest officers are expected to 
show them. (Fig. 15.) 
