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close, and kudos for earnestly attempting to answer. Here's the mission from the USFS brochure The mission of the US Forest Service (USFS) is to sustain the h
by tonymet 2y ago
close, and kudos for earnestly attempting to answer. Here's the mission from the USFS brochure
The mission of the US Forest Service (USFS) is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation's forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations.
- jeffbee 2y agoThat's cool, I did not know about their mission statement. But I do know about the Organic Act of 1897, which is still the basis of the existence of the USFS, which states its own purpose, to remove all doubt: "Public forest reservations are established to protect and improve the forests for the purpose of securing a permanent supply of timber for the people"
- tonymet 2y agoyeah I wish I better understood the contemporary policy and why American lumber is in short supply, and the lumber industry seems to be nearly dead. context: i live in PNW around Columbia gorge and the former logging towns around here hardly have any industry left.