The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands. The Forest Service manages 193 million acres (780,000 km2) of land. Major divisions of the agency include the Chief's Office,National Forest System,State and Private Forestry,Business Operations,and Research and Development. The agency manages about 25% of federal lands and is the only major national land management agency not part of the U.S. Department of the Interior,which manages the National Park Service,the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,and the Bureau of Land Management.
In the United States,national forest is a classification of protected and managed federal lands. National forests are largely forest and woodland areas 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 who provides financial assistance to state and local forestry industry. As of 2020,there are 154 national forests in the United States.
Charles Peete Rose Jr. is an American former television 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 who served as a member of Congress. 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 USDA'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 burned three million acres in North Idaho and Western Montana,with extensions into Eastern Washington and Southeast British Columbia,in the summer of 1910. 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.
Yale School of the Environment (YSE) is a professional school of Yale University. It was founded to train foresters,and now trains environmental leaders through four 2-year degree programs,two 10-month mid-career programs,and a 5-year PhD program. YSE strives to create new knowledge that will sustain and restore the health of the biosphere and emphasizes the possibility of creating a regenerative coexistence between humans and non-human life and the rest of the natural world. 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.
Starting in 1876,and undergoing a series of name changes,the U.S. Forest Service grew to protect and use millions of acres of forest on public land. Gifford Pinchot,an early advocate of scientific forestry,along with President Theodore Roosevelt and conservation organizations,led the effort to manage forest for the public good.
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 against sexual abuse,sexual harassment,and rape culture,in which people 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. Harvard University published a case study on Burke,called "Leading with Empathy:Tarana Burke and the Making of the Me Too Movement" (2020). The hashtag #MeToo was used starting in 2017 as a way to draw attention to the magnitude of the problem.
The 2017–18 United States political sexual scandals saw a heightened period of allegations of sexual misconduct,including sexual harassment and sexual assault,and resulted in the subsequent firings and resignations of American politicians. Some of these allegations are linked to the aftermath of the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases starting in October 2017 amid the wider MeToo movement.
William Brangham (1968) is an American journalist who is currently a correspondent for the PBS NewsHour. Before,he worked as a producer for several other television programs,mostly for PBS. Awards he has won for his journalism include a Peabody Award in 2015 and News &Documentary Emmy Awards in 2017,2019,and 2020.
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.
