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The Forest Service plays a key role in formulating policy and coordinating U.S. support for the protection and sound management of the world's forest resources. It works closely with other agencies such as USAID , the State Department , and the Environmental Protection Agency , as well as with nonprofit development organizations, wildlife ...
The Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station was founded as a division of the university in 1887. Gradually the university developed the Colleges of Life Sciences and Agriculture (later to include the School of Forest Resources and the School of Human Development), Engineering and Science, and Arts and Sciences.
Rear registration plate light. The rear registration plate is illuminated either by a single or a pair of yellow or white light(s), affixed within the indentation of the trunk or bumper. It is designed to light the surface of the plate without creating light directly visible to the rear of the vehicle, and must be illuminated whenever the ...
Forest Service Guard Station. A United States Forest Service Guard Station is an administrative building located in a National Forest in the United States which is not at the same location as the District Ranger 's headquarters (the Ranger Station ). They usually have office and workshop space, tool storage and often sleeping quarters.
History of the United States Forest Service. Starting in 1876, and undergoing a series of name changes, the United States Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture grew to protect and use millions of acres of forest on public land. Gifford Pinchot, an early advocate of scientific forestry, along with President Theodore Roosevelt and ...
North Carolina Forest Service. The North Carolina Forest Service, formerly known as the North Carolina Division of Forest Resources is a North Carolina state government agency responsible for providing land management assistance to landowners. The agency's primary responsibility is wildland fire control on all state and privately owned land in ...
Dec. 27—Last week, the U.S. Forest Service issued a Notice of Intent to amend the Northwest Forest Plan, which encompasses 19 million acres of federal forest lands in Washington, Oregon, and ...
The United States Forest Service Recreation Residence Program is a residential recreation program of the United States Forest Service. [6] The program was established in 1915 to provide summer homes and seasonal recreation cabins to permit holders. The cabins are privately owned and are situated in specially designated tracts; occupants must ...