In recent years many counties and the U. S. Forest Service have taken aerial photos which show features in detail and are very good for planning use.

The U.S. Forest Service cares for hundreds of thousands of campers in its 149 National Forests and is increasing its facilities steadily.

There have even been serious errors in the U. S. Forest Service, whose officials pride themselves in their scientific training, he added.

* 1944 – The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time.

Conservationist Gifford Pinchot, Chief of the United States Forest Service, embraced McCreight ’ s recommendations and asked the President speak to the public school children of the United States about conservation.

In 1936, the U. S. Forest Service and the Civilian Conservation Corps created the Caberfae Ski Area, which led to promotion of the area as a tourist center.

VYCC Crews work at VT State Parks, U. S. Forest Service Campgrounds, in local communities, and throughout the state's backcountry.

* Otis, Alison T., William D. Honey, Thomas C. Hogg, and Kimberly K. Lakin The Forest Service and The Civilian Conservation Corps: 1933-42 ( United States Forest Service FS-395, August 1986 ) online

The US Forest Service, in Bandelier National Monument for example, is studying how to restore the former ecosystem, and reduce erosion, by removing the trees.

Other federal agencies, such as the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service pursue primarily conservation missions, while still others, such as the United States Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, tend to focus more on beneficial use of natural resources.

Roosevelt established the United States Forest Service, signed into law the creation of five National Parks, and signed the 1906 Antiquities Act, under which he proclaimed 18 new U. S. National Monuments.

However, the United States Forest Service estimates a net loss of about 2 million hectares ( 4, 942, 000 acres ) between 1997 and 2020 ; this estimate includes conversion of forest land to other uses, including urban and suburban development, as well as afforestation and natural reversion of abandoned crop and pasture land to forest.

Forests of Puerto Rico are well represented by the flora of the Luquillo Experimental Forest ( LEF ), a Long Term Ecological Research Network site managed by the United States Forest Service and University of Puerto Rico.

USDA Forest Service General Technical Report GTR-INT-319.

Geoffrey Donovan of the U. S. Forest Service, one of the researchers, said, " trees, which provide a range of other benefits, could improve quality of life in Portland by reducing crime ..." and he said that is because " We believe that large street trees can reduce crime by signaling to a potential criminal that a neighborhood is better cared for and, therefore, a criminal is more likely to be caught.

* August 9 – The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time.

In 1966, the US First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson, denounced the racist name, asking the U. S. Board on Geographic Names and the U. S. Forest Service to rename it, becoming " Colored Mountain " in 1968 ; and in West Texas, " Dead Nigger Creek " was renamed " Dead Negro Draw ".

The logging industry cut down large swaths of old growth, and most of the current growth is younger native forest ( around 150, 000 kauri seedlings were planted by the New Zealand Forest Service in the 1970s and 1980s ) as well as some remaining kauri in the far north of the island.

Public lands in the mountains surrounding the San Luis Valley are generally part of the Rio Grande National Forest and are managed by the United States Forest Service.

Although the mistletoe infestation rate was not investigated, medium to large (> 11 inches ( 27. 5 cm ) DBH ) trees at California Spotted Owl foraging locations had significantly ( P < 0. 001 ) lower vigor than those at random locations in coniferous habitats of Tahoe National Forest.

The name Schwarzwald ( German for " Black Forest ") derives from the Romans who referred to the thickly forested mountains there as Silva Nigra ( Latin for " Black Forest ") because the dense growth of conifers in the forest blocked out most of the light inside the forest.

Black Forest ham originated from this region, and so, by name and reputation at least, did the Black Forest Cake.

Linebarger's cultural links to China are partially expressed in the pseudonym " Felix C. Forrest ", which he used in addition to " Cordwainer Smith ": his godfather Sun Yat-Sen suggested to Linebarger that he adopt the Chinese name " Lin Bai-lo " (), which may be roughly translated as " Forest of Incandescent Bliss ".

The area once known as the Turbary of Alberysheved between the River Teign and the headwaters of the River Bovey is mentioned in the Perambulation of the Forest of Dartmoor of 1240 ( by 1609 the name of the area had changed to Turf Hill ).

There are a number of toponyms that attest to the presence of the Jutes in the area, such as Ytene, which Florence of Worcester states was the contemporary English name for the New Forest.

The name evolved into the imaginary General Ludd or King Ludd, a figure who, like Robin Hood, was reputed to live in Sherwood Forest .< ref >

The generic name Okapia derives from the Lese Karo name o ' api, while the specific name ( johnstoni ) is in recognition of the explorer Harry Johnston, who organized the expedition that first acquired an okapi specimen for science from the Ituri Forest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

They were classmates at Parsons Junior High School and Forest Hills High School, and began performing together in their junior year as Tom and Jerry, with Simon as Jerry Landis ( whose last name he borrowed from a girl he had been dating ) and Garfunkel as Tom Graph ( so called because he was fond of tracking (" graphing ") hits on the pop charts ).

The forest is a remnant of an older and much larger royal hunting forest, which derived its name from its status as the shire ( or sher ) wood of Nottinghamshire, which in fact extended into several neighbouring counties ( shires ), bordered on the west along the River Erewash and the Forest of East Derbyshire.

The Battle of Hürtgen Forest () is the name given to the series of fierce battles fought between U. S. and German forces during World War II in the Hürtgen Forest, which became the longest battle on German ground during World War II, and the longest single battle the U. S. Army has ever fought.

* The name of a " National Forest " or sacred garden, comparable to the Garden of Eden, in Shambhala tradition.

Later, the Dacians were mentioned in Roman documents: ( Caesar's De Bello Gallico, Book VI 25, 1: " The Hercynian Forest [...] stretches along the Danube to the areas of the Daci and Anarti "), and also under the name Geta ( plural Getae ).

; Côte d ' Ivoire ebolavirus ( CIEBOV ): Also referred to as Taï Forest ebolavirus and by the English place name, " Ivory Coast ", it was first discovered among chimpanzees from the Taï Forest in Côte d ' Ivoire, Africa, in 1994.

Radagast lived for much of his time in Middle-earth at Rhosgobel in the Vales of Anduin, on the western eaves of Mirkwood, between Carrock and the Old Forest Road, near the Gladden Fields, its name deriving from Sindarin rhosc gobel meaning " brown village ".

She was interred in Forest Lawn — Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles, alongside her mother, Ruthie, and sister, Bobby, with her name in larger type size.

Estimates of the woodlands in County Kilkenny include the Forest Inventory Planning System ( 1998 ) which estimated Kilkenny had 2251 ha of mixed woodland and broadleaf woodland not dominated by beech, representing 1. 09 % of the county and the National Forest Inventory 2004 and 2006 which estimated that 4430 ha of the county is native forested land, Scots pine was regarded as non-native, representing 2. 15 % of the county .< ref name = native-woodlands >

When William Henry Harrison sold this parcel to his brother Carter Bassett Harrison in the mid-1790s, the parcel was referred to as Brown's Quarter, which was the same name given to the parcel on which some of Sherwood Forest now lies.

The Cumberland State Forest is north of U. S. Route 60, west of State Route 45 and bordered on the west by the Willis River.

There are two self-guided trails at Cumberland State Forest that are open for walking, hiking, horses, and mountain bikes.

Both Daniel Boone Forest and Cumberland Falls State Park are operated by the Kentucky State Parks system, also located in the county.

Attempting to avoid financial losses during the Great Depression of the 1930s, the Stearns cluster of companies sold vast quantities of land to the U. S. Government, becoming part of what was to become the Cumberland National Forest in 1937.

Savage Gulf State Natural Area is located atop the Cumberland Plateau to the west and Prentice Cooper State Forest is located atop the plateau to the east.

Established in 1937, it was originally named the Cumberland National Forest, after the core region called the Cumberland Purchase Unit.

The name ' Daniel Boone National Forest ' was advocated by various groups, and was favored by most local leaders in Kentucky, before the area's formal designation as the Cumberland National Forest soon after its inception.

The Forest Service found that for their descendants still living in eastern Kentucky, the name ' Cumberland ' was particularly distasteful.

Since the college is in Williamsburg, it is away Cumberland Falls State Resort Park in the Daniel Boone National Forest.

Baron Inglewood, of Hutton in the Forest in the County of Cumberland, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Inglewood Inn was founded in 1857 and named after Inglewood Forest in Cumberland, England.

Inglewood was named by Philip Colin Threkeld for Inglewood Forest in Cumberland, United Kingdom.

According to Robert F. Collins of the United States Forest Service, Dr. Thomas Walker named the river the Louisa River in 1750, after Princess Louisa, the wife of Prince William, Duke of Cumberland ( Walker had just named the Cumberland River a month or two earlier ).

The balance of the stream course prior to its confluence with the Cumberland River downstream of the National Recreation Area is in Daniel Boone National Forest.

* Allerdale Forest, Cumberland

* Inglewood Forest, Cumberland

Tourist attractions include Cumberland State Forest ( NSW ) and the Koala Park Sanctuary.

The trail is mostly in the Daniel Boone National Forest, but also takes visitors through the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Cumberland Falls State Resort Park, Natural Bridge State Resort Park, two large recreation lakes ( Cave Run Lake and Laurel Lake ), and many wildlife management areas.

Born in London in 1796, Atkinson was a remarkable figure, carrying her family's interest in art and science to act as governess for Hannibal Macarthur in 1826, meeting James Atkinson on ship ( The Cumberland ) to Sydney and marrying soon after, moving to his home at Oldbury, near Sutton Forest.