United States Forest Service

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United States Forest Service
Logo of the U.S. Forest Service
Flag of the U.S. Forest Service
Agency overview
FormedFebruary 1, 1905; 119 years ago (1905-02-01)
Preceding agency
  • Bureau of Forestry
JurisdictionFederal government of the United States
HeadquartersSidney R. Yates Building
1400 Independence Ave SW
Washington, D.C.
Employees
  • c. 35,000 (FY 2016)[1]
  • 28,330 permanent
  • 4,488 seasonal (FY 2008)
Annual budget$5.384 billion (additionally, $2.04 billion for wildfire adjustment) (FY 2021)[2]
Minister responsible
Agency executives
Parent agencyU.S. Department of Agriculture
Websitefs.usda.gov
Footnotes
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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 km2) of land.[5] The major divisions of the agency are the Chief's Office, National Forest System, State and Private Forestry, Business Operations, as well as Research and Development.[6] The agency manages about 25% of federal lands and is the sole major national land management agency not part of the U.S. Department of the Interior[7] (which manages the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Land Management).

  1. ^ "Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Overview" (PDF). USFS. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
  2. ^ Congressional Research Service (February 18, 2021). Forest Service: FY2021 Appropriations (PDF) (Report). Every CRS Report. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Forest Service Announces Key Appointment to Executive Leadership Team". US Forest Service. July 22, 2021.
  4. ^ "Office of the Chief". Agency Leadership. US Forest Service.
  5. ^ "By the Numbers". US Forest Service. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference organization was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ General Accounting Office (February 11, 2009). Federal Land Management: Observations on a Possible Move of the Forest Service into the Department of the Interior.