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Article: International Forestry: the Forest Service's fourth leg.
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- American Forests
- Article date:
- July 1, 1991
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Congress has spoken, and now the U.S. Forest Service has four legs instead of three.
Traditionally the Forest Service was described as a three-legged stool since it had three missions: caring for the national forests, conducting forest research, and extending technical help to state and private forests. Late in 1990 Congress mandated that the agency reorganize itself into a four-legged stool. The new limb is International Forestry.
The man recently announced as the one chosen to head up the transition is jeff Sirmon, newly crowned deputy chief for international forestry. In his quiet, low-key voice, Sirmon calls the reorganization quite an event." In ...