United States Forest Service

United States Forest Service
	Logo of the U.S. Forest Service
	Flag of the U.S. Forest Service
Agency overview
Formed	February 1, 1905; 118 years ago
Preceding agency	Bureau of Forestry;
Jurisdiction	Federal government of the United States
Headquarters	Sidney R. Yates Building; 1400 Independence Ave SW; Washington, D.C.
Employees	c. 35,000 (FY 2016)[1]; 28,330 permanent; 4,488 seasonal (FY 2008);
Annual budget	$5.384 billion (additionally, $2.04 billion for wildfire adjustment) (FY 2021)[2]
Minister responsible	James E. Hubbard, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment;
Agency executives	Randy Moore[3], Chief; Angela Coleman[3], Associate Chief;
Parent agency	U.S. Department of Agriculture
Website	www.fs.usda.gov
Footnotes
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The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands. The Forest Service manages 193 million acres (780,000 km²) of land.[5] Major divisions of the agency include the Chief's Office, National Forest System, State and Private Forestry, Business Operations, and Research and Development.[6] The agency manages about 25% of federal lands and is the only major national land management agency not part of the U.S. Department of the Interior[7] (which manages the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Bureau of Land Management).

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