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." |
| 17 Images of 13 Subjects | View Subject List | View Image Details | View Thumbnails |
| Image | Subject Name | Scientific Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1198021 | porcupine | Erethizon dorsatum | Although climbing an aspen to avoid the photographer, these slow-moving creatures like to eat the bark of pine trees in the Lake States. |
| 5299001 | dragonflies and damselflies | dragonfly | |
| 5045064 | moose | Alces alces | A grazing moose, at Yellowstone Park |
| 5048074 | twicestabbed lady beetle | Chilocorus stigma | Twice-stabbed ladybird beetle, preying on Cryptococcus fagisuga. |
| 5049075 | periodical cicada | Magicicada spp. | Periodical cicada emerging from pupa |
| 5049078 | periodical cicada | Magicicada spp. | Adult cicada recently emerged from pupa. |
| 5043082 | millepedes | ||
| 5031017 | porcupine | Erethizon dorsatum | |
| 5058098 | white-lined sphinx | Hyles lineata | |
| 5045099 | greater flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber | |
| 5053093 | native elm bark beetle | Hylurgopinus rufipes | |
| 5053094 | native elm bark beetle | Hylurgopinus rufipes | |
| 5034005 | red fox | Vulpes vulpes | |
| 5038061 | emerald ash borer | Agrilus planipennis | stuck in tree |
| 5037092 | Pacific banana slug | Ariolimax columbianus | |
| 5038012 | cattle | Bos spp. | cattle grazing in woodlot |
| 1301038 | periodical cicada | Magicicada spp. |
