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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| 5050084 | visual tree inspection | Inspecting a potential hazard tree at Grey Towers, near handicap parking space. | |
| 5051051 | wood decay | Examining dissected tree for decay | |
| 5048072 | beech bark disease | Nectria coccinea | Examining a snapped beech affected by beech bark disease. People in image: Roger Mech, MI DNR; Manfred Mielke, USFS |
| 5042070 | sudden oak death | Phytophthora ramorum | Inspection of nursery infected with Phytophthora ramorum on Rhododendron. |
| 1397114 | pruning (general) | young tree in need of pruning | |
| 1397122 | pruning (general) | Excessive branch crossing. Tree needs a thinning cut. | |
| 1503075 | decay | Jump butt; Bent Creek | |
| 1503078 | decay | Heart rot; oak; x-sect of previous stump |
