Provincial Forest Service (Uttar Pradesh)

Provincial Forest Service
Prāntīya Vana Sevā

Service Overview
Also known as	Uttar Pradesh Forest Service
Founded	1966
State	Uttar Pradesh
Staff College	Central Academy for State Forest Service, Dehradun[1]
Cadre Controlling Authority	Department of Forest and Wildlife, Government of Uttar Pradesh
Minister Responsible	Dara Singh Chauhan, Minister of Forest and Wildlife, Government of Uttar Pradesh
Legal personality	Governmental: Natural Resources
Duties	Forestry , Wildlife, Environmental Science and Ecology
Current Cadre Strength	174 members (58 officers directly recruited by UP-PSC as ACF and 116 officers promoted from Forest Rangers' cadre)[2]
Selection	State Forest Service Examination
Association	Uttar Pradesh PFS Association
Head of the State Civil Services
Chief Secretary	Sri Rajendra Kumar Tiwari, IAS
Principal Secretary (DoF&W)	Shri Sudhir Garg, IAS
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Head of Forest Forces)	Mrs.Mamta Sanjeev Dubey, IFS

Provincial Forest Service (IAST: Prāntīya Vana Sevā), often abbreviated to as PFS, is one of the state natural resource services under Group 'A' and Group 'B' state service of Government of Uttar Pradesh responsible for ensuring the ecological stability of the country via thorough protection and participatory sustainable forestry, wildlife and environment. It is also the feeder service for Indian Forest Service in the state.^[3]

The Department of Forest and Wildlife of the Government of Uttar Pradesh is the cadre-controlling authority of the service. Along with the two state civil services which are Provincial Civil Service (PCS) and the Provincial Police Service (PPS), the PFS being a state natural resource service is one of the three feeder services to its respective All India Services.