USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station

Established in 1905, the Forest Service is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Forest Service manages public lands in national forests and grasslands.

Gifford Pinchot, the first Chief of the Forest Service, summed up the mission of the Forest Service — "to provide the greatest amount of good for the greatest amount of people in the long run."

National forests and grasslands encompass 191 million acres (77.3 million hectares) of land, which is an area equivalent to the size of Texas.

Technical Representative:

Thomas L. Schmidt
Station Assistant Director
Northern Research Station
U.S.D.A. Forest Service
1992 Folwell Ave.
St. Paul, MN  55108
651-649-5249
Fax: (651) 649-5256
tschmidt@fs.fed.us

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