OUR NATIONAL FORESTS Our National Forests include 147 distinct and separate bodies of timber in twenty-seven different states and in Alaska and Porto Rico.

They cover more than 156,000,000 acres.

If they could be massed together in one huge area like the state of Texas, it would make easier the task of handling the forests and fighting fires.

The United States Forest Service, which has charge of their management and protection, is one of the largest and most efficient organizations of its kind in the world.

It employs expert foresters, scientists, rangers and clerks.
The business of running the forest is centred in eight district offices located in different parts of the country with a general headquarters at Washington, D.C.These districts are in charge of district foresters and their assistants.
The district headquarters and the States that they look after are: No.1.Northern District, Missoula, Montana.
(Montana, northeastern Washington, northern Idaho, and northwestern South Dakota.) No.2.Rocky Mountain District, Denver, Colorado.
(Colorado, Wyoming, the remainder of South Dakota, Nebraska, northern Michigan, and northern Minnesota.) No.3.Southwestern District, Albuquerque, New Mexico.