The Bureau of Land Management (BLM)and the U.S.Forest Service (USFS) have similar missions. Both agencies are required to manage public lands ing to multiple use, sustained yield mandates. However, BLM manages much less forest land and much more rangeland than the US Forest Service.
Does the Forest Service sell property? 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.
Forests cover over four billion hectares of the Earth's landmass, around 31 percent of total land area. As of 2021, worldwide forest area measured some 4.05 billion hectares, down from approximately 4.24 billion hectares in 1990.
What is the Forest Service? We are a federal agency under the U.S. Department of Agriculture that manages 193 million acres of land, roughly the size of Texas.
Does the Forest Service sell property? 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 United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands covering 193 million acres (780,000 km2) of land.