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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| 1409077 | red heart of pine | Phellinus pini | A varient of Fomes pini that occurs in fir on the west coast produced large wedges of infection in the bark. When these wedges coalesce, they will girdle the tree. |
