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. 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. 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.
In the United States,national forest is a classification of protected and managed federal lands that are largely forest and woodland areas. They are owned collectively by the American people through the federal government and managed by the United States Forest Service,a division of the United States Department of Agriculture. The U.S. Forest Service is also a forestry research organization which provides financial assistance to state and local forestry industry. There are 154 national forests in the United States.
Charles Peete Rose Jr. is an American journalist and talk show host. From 1991 to 2017,he was the host and executive producer of the talk show Charlie Rose on PBS and Bloomberg LP.
Brockman Adams was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat from Washington,Adams served as a U.S. Representative,Senator,and United States Secretary of Transportation. He was forced to retire in January 1993 due to public and widespread sexual harassment,sexual assault and rape allegations.
Bernhard Eduard Fernow was the third chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Division of Forestry of the United States from 1886 to 1898,preceding Gifford Pinchot in that position,and laying much of the groundwork for the establishment of the United States Forest Service in 1905. Fernow's philosophy toward forest management may be traced to Heinrich Cotta's preface to Anweisung zum Waldbau or Linnaeus' ideas on the "economy of nature." Fernow has been called the "father of professional forestry in the United States."
The Great Fire of 1910 was a wildfire in the Inland Northwest region of the United States that in the summer of 1910 burned three million acres in North Idaho and Western Montana,with extensions into Eastern Washington and Southeast British Columbia. The area burned included large parts of the Bitterroot,Cabinet,Clearwater,Coeur d'Alene,Flathead,Kaniksu,Kootenai,Lewis and Clark,Lolo,and St. Joe national forests. The fire burned over two days on the weekend of August 20–21,after strong winds caused numerous smaller fires to combine into a firestorm of unprecedented size. It killed 87 people,mostly firefighters,destroyed numerous manmade structures,including several entire towns,and burned more than three million acres of forest with an estimated billion dollars' worth of timber lost. While the exact cause of the fire is often debated,according to various U.S. Forest Service sources,the primary cause of the Big Burn was a combination of severe drought and a series of lightning storms that ignited hundreds of small fires across the Northern Rockies. However,the ignition sources also include human activity such as railroads,homesteaders,and loggers. It is believed to be the largest,although not the deadliest,forest fire in U.S. history.
Yale School of the Environment (YSE) is a professional school of Yale University. It was founded to train foresters,and now trains environmental students through four 2-year degree programs,two accelerated degree programs for graduates of Yale College,and a 5-year PhD program. Still offering forestry instruction,the school has the oldest graduate forestry program in the United States.
Naomi Churchill Earp is an American lawyer and government official from Maryland and Virginia. From 2007 to 2009 she served as chair of the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,where she established the Youth At Work Program. She was designated by President George W. Bush in 2006,succeeding Cari M. Dominguez. Prior to her appointment as Chair,she had served as vice chair of the commission since 2003.
Firefighting has historically been a predominantly male profession throughout the world. However,since the 1970s,women have made inroads in both professional and volunteer fire departments in multiple countries. In modern times,women have served in a variety of fire service roles including as fire chiefs. Nonetheless,they comprise less than 20% of firefighters even in the countries where they are best represented.
Raphael Zon was a prominent U.S. Forest Service researcher.
Thomas L. Tidwell was the 17th Chief of the United States Forest Service (USFS) of the Department of Agriculture,and was appointed on July 17,2009,succeeding Gail Kimbell. He was succeeded by Tony Tooke,who was sworn in September 1,2017.
A fire-adapted community is defined by the United States Forest Service as "a knowledgeable and engaged community in which the awareness and actions of residents regarding infrastructure,buildings,landscaping,and the surrounding ecosystem lessens the need for extensive protection actions and enables the community to safely accept fire as a part of the surrounding landscape."
William Buckhout Greeley was the third chief of the United States Forest Service,a position he held from 1920 to 1928. During World War I he commanded U.S. Army forest engineers in France,providing Allied forces with the timber necessary for the war effort.
#MeToo is a social movement and awareness campaign against sexual abuse,sexual harassment and rape culture,in which women publicize their experiences of sexual abuse or sexual harassment. The phrase "Me Too" was initially used in this context on social media in 2006,on Myspace,by sexual assault survivor and activist Tarana Burke. The hashtag #MeToo was used starting in 2017 as a way to draw attention to the magnitude of the problem. "Me Too" is meant to empower those who have been sexually assaulted through empathy,solidarity and strength in numbers,by visibly demonstrating how many have experienced sexual assault and harassment,especially in the workplace.
The 2017–18 United States political sexual scandals saw a heightened period of allegations of sexual misconduct,harassment and assault,and resulted in the subsequent firings and resignations of American politicians. Some of the allegations are linked to the aftermath of the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases starting in October 2017 amid the wider MeToo movement.
Tony Tooke was the Chief of the United States Forest Service for a little over six months,from September 1,2017,until he announced his retirement on March 7,2018 due to numerous sexual misconduct allegations over his four decades of employment in numerous positions for the Forest Service.
Edward P. Cliff served as the ninth Chief of the United States Forest Service (USFS) of the Department of Agriculture,from March 17,1962 to April 29,1972.
The USDA Coalition of Minority Employees is a civil rights organization formed by employees of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 1994 specifically focused on ending discrimination within the Department and more generally on eradicating racism in agriculture in the United States.
Randy Moore is an American soil scientist and forester serving as the 20th chief of the United States Forest Service,a position he has held since July 2021. He was appointed by Secretary Tom Vilsack.
