How does the Forest Service carry out its activities?
National Forest System: The Forest Service manages public lands, known collectively as the National Forest System, located in 44 States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The lands comprise 8.5 percent of the total land area in the United States. The natural resources on these lands are some of the Nation’s greatest assets and have major economic, environmental, and social significance for all Americans. Forest Service Research: The Forest Service provides the scientific and technical knowledge necessary to protect and sustain the Nation’s natural resources on all lands, providing benefits to people within the capabilities of the land. Research is conducted through a network of forest and range experiment stations and the Forest Products Laboratory. State and Private Forestry: The Forest Service cooperates with State and local governments, forest industries, other private landowners and forest users in the management, protection, and development of forest land in non-Federal ownersh
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