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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| 1546095 | lightning | Simulated lightning strike using detonation cord | |
| 4178002 | snow and ice damage (snow load) | ice damage to pine stand. Note ice on pine needles | |
| 4178004 | southern pine beetle | Dendroctonus frontalis | resin sampling on southern pine tree |
| 4178005 | southern pine beetle | Dendroctonus frontalis | resin sampling on southern pine tree |
| 4178007 | southern pine beetle | Dendroctonus frontalis | Resin Sampling on southern pine |
| 4178008 | southern pine beetle | Dendroctonus frontalis | pine bolts stacked against pine tree in an attempt to induce infestation |
