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2. United States Forest Service - Wikipedia

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   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 km 2) of land. [5]

3. Youth Conservation Corps - Wikipedia

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   Enrollees are selected without regard to civil service or classification laws, rules or regulation. The Forest Service operates a consolidated application process through the web. [3] YCC is a partnership between the US Department of Interior and US Department of Agriculture established by Public Law 93-408. Since its inception, the YCC has ...

4. History of the United States Forest Service - Wikipedia

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   In 1901, the Division of Forestry was renamed the Bureau of Forestry. The Transfer Act of 1905 transferred the management of forest reserves from the United States General Land Office of the Interior Department to the Bureau of Forestry, henceforth known as the US Forest Service. [3] Gifford Pinchot was the first Chief Forester of the US Forest ...

5. Conservation officer - Wikipedia

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   26 of the 50 U.S. states have government departments entitled Department of Natural Resources or a similar title. These departments typically patrol state or provincial parks and public lands and waterways dedicated to hunting and fishing , and also enforce state or provincial game and environmental laws on private property .

6. Bernhard Fernow - Wikipedia

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   Bernhard Eduard Fernow (/ ˈ f ɜːr n aʊ / FUR-now; January 7, 1851 – February 6, 1923) was the third chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Division of Forestry of the United States from 1886 to 1898, preceding Gifford Pinchot in that position, and laying much of the groundwork for the establishment of the United States Forest Service in 1905.

7. Forest Products Laboratory - Wikipedia

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   The Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) is the national research laboratory of the United States Forest Service, which is part of USDA.Since its opening in 1910, the FPL has provided scientific research on wood, wood products and their commercial uses in partnership with academia, industry, tribal, state, local and other government agencies. [1]