United States Forest Service
Logo of the U.S. Forest Service | |
Flag of the U.S. Forest Service | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | February 1, 1905 |
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| Jurisdiction | Federal government of the United States |
| Headquarters | Sidney R. Yates Building 1400 Independence Ave SW Washington, D.C. |
| Employees | |
| Annual budget | $9.32 billion (additionally, $2.30 billion for wildfire adjustment) (FY 2024)[2] |
| Minister responsible |
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| Agency executives | |
| Parent agency | U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| Website | fs |
| Footnotes | |
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The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It 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).
- ^ "Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Overview" (PDF). USFS. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
- ^ Congressional Research Service (June 10, 2024). Forest Service: FY2024 Appropriations (Report).
- ^ a b "Meet Tom Schultz, 21st Chief of the Forest Service". US Forest Service. March 4, 2025.
- ^ "Office of the Chief". Agency Leadership. US Forest Service.
- ^ "By the Numbers". US Forest Service. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
organizationwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ General Accounting Office (February 11, 2009). Federal Land Management: Observations on a Possible Move of the Forest Service into the Department of the Interior.