USDA Forest Service
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service is a Federal agency that manages public lands in national forests and grasslands. The Forest Service is also the largest forestry research organization in the world, and provides technical and financial assistance to state and private forestry agencies. Gifford Pinchot, the first Chief of the Forest Service, summed up the purpose of the Forest Service—"to provide the greatest amount of good for the greatest amount of people in the long run." |
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| Image | Subject Name | Scientific Name | Description |
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| 1408008 | Compartmentalization Of Decay In Trees (CODIT) | Cavities in trees start with wounds and dead branches or leaders. A cavity's diameter will be the same as that of the tree when it was wounded or when the branch or leader died. The leader on this birch tree died when the tree was the diameter of the cavity. |
