CROSS REFERENCES: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior: See 43 CFR NOTE: Other regulations relating to agriculture appear in Title 7; Title 9; Title 17, Chapter ABBREVIATIONS: The following abbreviations are used in this chapter: (1) Programs and legislation. Overa (2) National Forest System. Adminis tration of National Forest Systen lands and management of natural re sources within the principle of multi ple use and sustained yield. Manage ment includes planning, coordinating and directing the national resource programs of timber, range, wildlife, recreation, watershed, and mineral areas; and support activities of fire, engineering, lands, aviation, and com- (a) Central office. The national (b) Chief of the Forest Service. The (c) Deputy Chiefs. The major activi- Research and Experimental Areas The first four classifications listed above are administered as 121 Forest Service Administrative Units, each (3) Research. Plan, coordinate, and (4) State and private forestry. Co- urban and community forestry. Carries out this action through cooperative forestry, area planning and development, cooperative fire protection, forest insect and disease management, cooperative tree planting, and overall Forest Service participation in rural development and environmental concern, including civil defense and other emergency activities. (5) Administration. Provide support for Forest Service programs through management improvement, fiscal and accounting, administrative services, personnel management, manpower and youth conservation, antipoverty programs, communication and electronics, internal review system, external audits, coordination of civil rights activities, public information, and Service-wide management of systems and computer applications. [41 FR 24350, June 16, 1976, as amended at 42 FR 32230, June 24, 1977; 43 FR 27190, June 23, 1978; 44 FR 5660, Jan. 29, 1979] § 200.2 Field organization. The field organization of the Forest Service consists of regions, stations, and areas as described below: (a) Regions of the National Forest System. For the purpose of managing the lands administered by the Forest Service, the United States is divided into nine geographic regions of the National Forest System. Each region has a headquarters office and is supervised by a Regional Forester who is responsible to the Chief for the activities assigned to his region. Within each region are located national forests and other lands of the Forest Service. (1) National Forests. Each Forest has a headquarters office and is supervised by a Forest Supervisor who is responsible to the Regional Forester. Two or more proclaimed or designated National Forests, or all of the Forests in a State, may be combined into one Forest Service Administrative Unit headed by one Forest Supervisor. Each Forest is divided into Ranger Districts. The Alaska Region is composed of two National Forests without Ranger Districts; with one Forest divided into three areas, each administered by a Forest Supervisor. (2) Ranger districts. Each district may include a portion of a national forest, a national grassland or portion thereof, a national recreation area, a wilderness or primitive area, and other lands administered by the Forest Service. Each district has a headquarters office and is supervised by a District Ranger (or Area Ranger in some cases) who is responsible to the Forest Supervisor. (b) Experiment stations for forest and range research. To facilitate forestry research in the field, the United States is divided into eight geographic regions referred to as experiment stations. Each station has a headquarters office and a Station Director who is responsible to the Chief for all research activities assigned to his station. The Forest Products Laboratory is an additional research organization headed by a Director. Each experiment station has research project locations and laboratories dispersed within the geographic boundaries of experiment stations. (1) Laboratories. Research activities are in 85 locations, including 51 modern research laboratories. (2) Field facilities. Within experiment stations there are 94 experimental forests and ranges and 131 research natural areas. (c) Areas for State and private forestry cooperation. Field-level cooperation between the Forest Service, States, and the private sector on forestry activities is accomplished within two geographic areas in the Eastern United States, and within the national forest regions in the Western United States. Each of the two Eastern areas has a headquarters office and is supervised by an Area Director, who is responsible to the Chief for the activities assigned to his Area. Regional Foresters in Western Regions 1 through 6 and Region 10 are responsible for State and private forestry activities within their regions. (d) Field addresses. The addresses of Regional Foresters, Station Directors, and Area Directors are given below. Under each Regional Office address is a list of National Forest Administrative Units by States with locations of Forest Supervisor headquarters. Headquarters locations for Ranger Dis |