Established in 1905, the Forest Service is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Forest Service manages public lands in national forests and grasslands.

Gifford Pinchot, the first Chief of the Forest Service, summed up the mission of the Forest Service to provide the greatest amount of good for the greatest amount of people in the long run.

National forests and grasslands encompass 193 million acres of land, which is an area equivalent to the size of Texas.

USDA Forest Service sites by Name

Admiralty Island National Monument, Allegheny National Forest, Angeles National Forest, Apache Lake, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests-Pawnee National Grassland, Ashley National Forest, Bartlett Reservoir, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Bighorn National Forest, Bitterroot National Forest, Black Hills National Forest, Boise National Forest, Bridger-Teton National Forests, Caribbean National Forest, Caribou National Forest and Curlew National Grassland, Carson National Forest, Causey Reservoir, Cave Run Lake, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests, Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, Cherokee National Forest, Chippewa National Forest, Chugach National Forest, Cibola National Forest, Clearwater National Forest, Cleveland National Forest, Coconino National Forest, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Colville National Forest, Coronado National Forest, Currant Creek Reservoir, Custer National Forest, Dakota Prairie Grasslands, Daniel Boone National Forest, Deschutes National Forest, Dixie National Forest, Eldorado National Forest, Finger Lakes National Forest, Fishlake National Forest, Flaming Gorge National Rec. Area, Flathead National Forest, Francis Marion-Sumter National Forests, Fremont National Forest, Gallatin National Forest, George Washington and Jefferson National Forests, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Gila National Forest, Grand Mesa-Uncompahgre-Gunnison National Forests, Green Mountain National Forest, Helena National Forest, Hells Canyon National Recreation Area, Hiawatha National Forest, Hoosier National Forest, Horseshoe Reservoir, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forests, Huron-Manistee National Forests, Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Inyo National Forest, Kaibab National Forest, Kiowa and Rita Blanca National Grasslands, Kisatchie National Forest, Klamath National Forest, Kootenai National Forest, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area, Lassen National Forest, Lemon Reservoir, Lewis & Clark National Forest, Lincoln National Forest, Lolo National Forest, Los Padres National Forest, Malheur National Forest, Manti-LaSal National Forest, Mark Twain National Forest, McPhee Reservoir, Medicine Bow-Routt NFs and Thunder Basin National Grassland, Meeks Cabin Reservoir, Mendocino National Forest, Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, Misty Fiords National Monument, Modoc National Forest, Monongahela National Forest, Moon Lake Reservoir, Mount Hood National Forest, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, National Forests in Alabama, National Forests in Florida: Apalachicola-Ocala-Osceola, National Forests in Mississippi, National Forests in North Carolina: Croatan-Nantahala-Pisgah, National Forests in Texas, Nebraska and Samuel R. McKelvie National Forests and National Grasslands, Nez Perce National Forest, Ochoco National Forest and Crooked River National Grassland, Okanogan National Forest, Olympic National Forest, Ottawa National Forest, Ouachita National Forest, Ozark-St. Francis National Forests, Payette National Forest, Pike-San Isabel National Forests; Comanche and Cimarron National Grasslands, Pine Ridge National Recreation Area, Pineview Reservoir, Platoro Reservoir, Plumas National Forest, Prescott National Forest, Rio Grande National Forest, Rogue River National Forest, Saguaro Lake, Salmon-Challis National Forests, San Bernardino National Forest, San Juan National Forest, Santa Fe National Forest, Sawtooth National Forest & Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Sequoia National Forest and Giant Sequoia National Monument, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Shawnee National Forest, Shoshone National Forest, Sierra National Forest, Silver Jack Reservoir, Siskiyou National Forest, Siuslaw National Forest, Six Rivers National Forest, Stanislaus National Forest, Stateline Reservoir, Strawberry Reservoir, Superior National Forest, Tahoe National Forest, Targhee National Forest, Taylor Park Reservoir, Theodore Roosevelt Lake, Tongass National Forest, Tonto National Forest, Uinta National Forest, Umatilla National Forest, Umpqua National Forest, Upper Stillwater Reservoir, Valles Caldera National Preserve, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Wasatch-Cache National Forests, Wayne National Forest, Wenatchee National Forest, Whiskeytown / Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area, White Mountain National Forest, White River National Forest, Willamette National Forest, Winema National Forest

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