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We manage public lands in the form of national forests and grasslands, provide technical and financial assistance to state, private, and tribal forestry agencies and make up the largest forestry research organization in the world.
Law enforcement is essential to the effective management, use, and protection of National Forest System lands and associated resources. The Forest Service currently employs approximately 650 law enforcement personnel nationwide.
Law enforcement is essential to the effective management, use, and protection of National Forest System lands and associated resources. The Forest Service currently employs approximately 650 law enforcement personnel nationwide.
The challenges include the effects of a changing climate, worsening fire seasons, and epidemics of forest pests and diseases. The challenges also include lack of capacity to keep our forests healthy and resilient.
The Forest Service may provide rifles, shotguns and/or secondary handguns to law enforcement personnel subject to availability, funding, and approvals (FSM 5381.12 and 5381.14). Law enforcement personnel may carry firearms off duty.
Randy Moore is Chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service, leading a workforce of more than 40,000 permanent employees who sustainably manage 193 million acres of national forests and grasslands, support the world's largest forestry research organization and work with states, tribes and other partners ...
Headquarters: Commonly called the Washington Office. The Chief, a federal employee, reports to the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The Forest Service has very limited authority to sell National Forest System lands. Most authorities allowing the sale of lands have specific criteria or identify only a small number of properties for sale in a limited geographical area.
The national forests and grasslands the agency manages are America's great outdoors. They encompass 193 million acres (78 million hectares) of land—an area larger than Texas.
Of the approximately 33 million acres of forest in California, federal agencies (including the USDA Forest Service and USDI Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service) own and manage 19 million acres (57%).