§ 200.1

Subpart A-Organization

Central Organization.

(a) Central Office. The central office of the Forest Service is at Washington, D.C., in the South Agriculture Building. It consists of the Office of the Chief and Associate Chief, and a Deputy Chief for each of the following five activities: Programs and Legislation, Administration, Research, National Forest System, and State and Private Forestry. All communications should be addressed to the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, 14th Street and Independence Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20250.

(b) Chief of the Forest Service. The Chief of the Forest Service, under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, formulates, directs, and supervises the execution of Forest Service policies, programs, and activities.

(c) Major Activities. The major activities of the Forest Service are as follows:

(1) Programs and Legislation. Includes general direction and supervision of program evaluation and special projects, and legislative reporting and liaison.

(2) Administration. Includes general direction and supervision of administrative management, budget and finance, administrative services, personnel management, information and education, Job Corps and other antipoverty program coordination and administration, integrating inspection, civil defense and

other emergency activities, coordination of civil rights activities, and General Accounting Office and Office of the Inspector General audits.

(3) Research. Includes general direction and supervision of research in timber; watershed, range, wildlife habitat, and recreation; forest protection; forest products and engineering; forest survey, forest products marketing, and forest economics; and Forest Service participation in International Forestry activities. (4) National Forest System. Includes general direction and supervision of timber management, range management, wildlife management, watershed management, minerals management, recreation, land use, land adjustments, land classification, engineering, and fire control.

(5) State and Private Forestry. Includes general direction and supervision of cooperative forest management, flood prevention and river basin programs, cooperative forest fire control, forest pest control, cooperative tree planting, naval stores program, and overall direction of Forest Service participation in rural areas development.

§ 200.2 Field organization.

(a) The field organization of the Forest Service consists of nine Regions, eight Forest and Range Experiment Stations, the Institute of Tropical Forestry, the Forest Products Laboratory, and two State and Private Forestry Area Offices.

(b) The field organization for the National Forest System is divided into nine Regions. A Regional Forester is responsible to the Chief for the activities assigned to his Region. Each Region is divided into National Forests, National Grasslands, and other areas administered by the Forest Service, with a Forest Supervisor responsible to the Regional Forester for the activities assigned to his unit. The National Forests and National Grasslands are divided into Ranger Districts with a District Ranger responsible to the Forest Supervisor for the activities assigned to his Ranger District.

(c) The field organization of the Forest Service for research activities comprises eight Forest and Range Experiment Stations, the Institute of Tropical Forestry, and the Forest Products Laboratory. A Director is responsible to the Chief for all research activities assigned to his unit.

(d) The field organization of the State and Private Forestry activity consists of two Area Offices. The Area Director is responsible to the Chief for the activities assigned to his Area. In addition, State and Private Forestry activities are assigned to the Regional Foresters in Regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 10.

(e) The addresses of Regional Foresters, Research Directors, Area Directors, and Forest Supervisors are given below. Location of specific Ranger District headquarters may be obtained from Forest Supervisors.

NATIONAL FORESTS BY REGIONS

REGION 1, NORTHERN REGION

(Montana, northeastern Washington, northern Idaho, North Dakota, and northwestern South Dakota) Regional Forester, Federal Building, Missoula, Mont. 59801.

Oconee

FOREST AND RANGE EXPERIMENT STATIONS Name of station and headquarters of director Intermountain-507 27th Street, Ogden, Utah 84401.

North Central-USDA, Folwell Avenue, St. Paul, Minn. 55101.

Northeastern-6816 Market Street, Upper Darby, Pa. 19082.

Pacific

Northwest--809 Northeast Sixth Avenue, Post Office Box 3141, Portland, Oreg. 99208.

Pacific Southwest-1960 Addison Street, Post Office Box 245, Berkeley, Calif. 94701. Rocky Mountain-240 West Prospect, Fort Collins, Colo. 80521.

Southeastern-223 Post Office Building, Post Office Box 2570, Asheville, N.C. 28802. Southern-701 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, La. 70113.

Institute of Tropical Forestry-University of Puerto Rico, Agricultural Experiment Station Grounds, Post Office Box 577, Rio Piedras, P.R. 00928.

Forest Products Laboratory-North Walnut Street, Madison, Wis. 53705.