Report Summary
The United States Congress established the US Forest Service in 1905. Originally established to ensure quality water and timber production for the nation’s benefit. Congress expanded the direction and role of the US Forest Service in 1960 to “develop and administer the renewable resources of timber, range, water, recreation and wildlife on the national forests for multiple use and sustained yield” through the passing of the Multiple-Use Sustained Yield Act of 1960. The mission of the Forest Service is now to “sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the nation’s forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations.”
However, the ability for the public servants who make up the Forest Service to meet the mission of the agency that is responsible for managing 193 million acres of National Forests and National Grasslands is being compromised through the chaotic and unscientific management of the agency under Secretary Brooke Rollins and the Trump administration.
