Draft Rocky Mountain Regional Guide (Covering Forest Service Programs That Affect the States of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming (East of the Continental Divide))

摘要

The Forest Service's mission is to protect public land and the environment, provide a sustained flow of renewable resources, and administer nonrenewable resources. The National Forest System, Research, and State and Private Forestry are the major programs addressed in the Regional Guide to accomplish the mission. The National Forest System includes the administration of national forests and national grasslands and management of natural resources within the principle of multiple use and sustained yield. Research includes planning, coordination, and directing research programs to learn how man can best use and protect the plant, animal, soil, water, and esthetic resources of nonagricultural rural and nonurban lands for well-being and enjoyment. State and Private Forestry includes coordinating and providing leadership for intergovernmental resource programs, technical and financial assistance to improve and protect tribal, state, and privately-owned forest resources, and urban and community forestry. In doing this the Forest Service bears a host of legal and ethical responsibilities. The Rocky Mountain Regional Guide reflects the multitude of responsibilities entrusted to them.