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The Forest Service contends, though, that 28 of the trade-ins ended up in museums across the country. [1] On the other side of the deal, the surplus aircraft were also valued at scrap prices by the Forest Service for the purposes of the exchange, as little as $15,000 each. The Forest Service later put the value of each plane at between $750,000 ...
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]
Van Strum moved to Siuslaw National Forest in 1975. Shortly afterwards, helicopters sprayed the forests and water courses in the area with phenoxy herbicides 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T, the 50-50 mixture used in Agent Orange (including surplus Agent Orange itself after it was banned by the military in Vietnam). [1]
United States Forest Service (7 C, 61 P) Pages in category "United States Department of Agriculture agencies" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total.
In 2003, the US Forest Service acquired 25 retired AH-1Fs from the US Army. [6] These have been designated Bell 209 and are being converted into Firewatch Cobras with infrared and low light sensors and systems for real time fire monitoring.
The US Forest Service alone manages 193 million acres (780,000 km²) nationwide, or roughly 8% of the total land area in the United States. [ 2 ] In the United States, governmental entities at all levels- including townships, cities, counties, states, and the federal government- all manage land which are referred to as either public lands or ...
William Buckhout Greeley (September 6, 1879 – November 30, 1955) was the third chief of the United States Forest Service, a position he held from 1920 to 1928. [1] During World War I he commanded U.S. Army forest engineers in France, providing Allied forces with the timber necessary for the war effort.
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 Service.