Agencies US Forest Service Conservation

Question 1

Who manages the USFS?

Answer 1

Department of Agriculture

Question 2

This allowed the President the ability to reserve public lands the are covered in part or entirely by timber.

Answer 2

Forest Reserve System

Question 3

Created the Forest Reserve System

Answer 3

President Benjamin Harrison-1891 Creative Act or Forest Reserve Act

Question 4

What was the first forest reserve?

Answer 4

Yellowstone Park Timber Reserve later to be known as the Shoshone NF. (1891)

Question 5

How many acres were added for protection to the Forest Reserve System?

Answer 5

1897- 21 million acres

Question 6

established custodial management and direction for this system

Answer 6

Organic Administration Act of 1897

Question 7

This system was managed by?

Answer 7

General Lands Office (USDI)

Question 8

responsible for collecting data, advising private land owners about forestry practices, and publicizing forest management.

Answer 8

Bureau of Forestry (USDA)

Question 9

lobbied to transfer the land from the GLO to the Bureau of Forestry

Answer 9

Gifford Pinchot, Transfer Act 1905

Question 10

Forests to be used for good of all people, not temporary benefits of individuals or companies.

All resources of these lands were for use and were to be administered in an efficient and business like manner

Answer 10

Principles of forest mgmt Jim Wilson to Pinchot

Question 11

“where conflicting interests must be reconciled in question will always be decided from the standpoint of the greatest good of the greatest number in the long run.”

Answer 11

Pinchot

Question 12

President Theodore Roosevelt set aside how many acres of forest land?

Answer 12

Over 100 million acres

Question 13

Forest Reserves changed its name to the U.S. Forest Service in what year?

Answer 13

1907

Question 14

USFS Administrative Regions, how many?

Answer 14

10

Question 15

Thousands of fires swept across Oregon, northern Idaho and western Montana in 1910, culminating in a firestorm that consumed more than 1 million acres in a single 24-hour period between Aug. 21 and 22

Answer 15

The fire that changed everything

Question 16

USDA Forest Service Snapshot

Answer 16

193 million acres in 44 States & other territories, representing nearly 30 percent of all federally-managed lands•155 National Forests; 20 National Grasslands

Question 17

Forest Service lands contribute more than $36 billion to America’s economy each year supporting nearly 450,000 jobs.

Answer 17

WOW

Question 18

“is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation’s forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations. We help Americans use and enjoy the lands and waters that belong to them as citizens of the United States as well as serving international visitors.”

Answer 18

USFS Mission Statement

Question 19

“Caring for the Land and Serving People”

Answer 19

USFS Motto

Question 20

Current USDA Secretary

Answer 20

Tom Vilsack 2009

Question 21

Current USFS Chief

Answer 21

Thomas Tidwell 2009

Question 22

The first leaders of the USFS

Answer 22

Gifford Pinchot, Jim Wilson, Franklin B. Hough, Carl Schurz, Nathaniel H. Egleston, Bernhard E. Fernow, Filibert Roth