forest service
Tree conservation work
A forest service is a government agency responsible for managing and protecting public forests and woodlands.
In the United States, the Forest Service (capitalized) is the federal agency within the Department of Agriculture that oversees national forests and grasslands: The Forest Service issued a burn ban during the drought.
Similar agencies exist in other countries.
- wildfire suppressionContaining uncontrolled outdoor blazes
- Smokey BearForest Service wildfire mascot
- prescribed firePlanned burning for management
- endangered speciesOrganisms facing extinction risk
- controlled burnsDeliberate fires for management
smokejumpers · selective logging · old growth · wildlife corridors · nature trails · ranger stations · carbon sequestration · soil conservation · fire risk assessment · fire lookout tower · habitat restoration · ecological balance · ecosystem restoration · wildlife refuges · species reintroduction · environmental education · timber harvesting · erosion control
- federal servicesSocial Security, Medicare, IRS, USPS, FBI
- outdoor recreation historynational parks, hiking trails, mountaineering, wilderness preservation, John Muir
- Environmental Policyclimate policy, Clean Air Act, conservation policy, Clean Water Act, environmental regulation
- government spendinggovernment spending, federal budget, expenditures, allocations, military spending
- public landsnational park, public lands, public land, state park, federal land
- environmentair pollution, ecology, clean air, biosphere, air quality
forest servicelogging industry
Commercial tree-felling business
mining industry · deforestation · commercial exploitation · strip mining
forest, service, forests, forested, forester, forestry, forestation, deforest, deforestation