U.S. Forest Service: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	USFS • United States Forest Service
Date	February 1905 - present
Headquarters	Washington, D.C.
Areas Of Involvement	conservation • forestry • Grassland • Forest • sustainability • national forest
Related People	Theodore Roosevelt • Aldo Leopold

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