where did the concept of National forests come from?
Theodore Roosevelt’s conservation group
what was it called?
Boone and Crockett Club
what was the name changed to in 1901?
Bureau of Forestry
what does USFS stand for?
United States Forest Service
how many major divisions are there?
Five
what is USFS a part of?
national forests and 20 national grasslands
what agency is it under?
U.S. Department of Agricultur
what did the Act of 1891 do?
authorized withdrawing land from the public domain as "forest reserves
in 1905, who was control given to?
Bureau of Forestry
who was Gifford Pinchot?
first United States Chief Forester in the Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt.