36 C.F.R. § 200.2

Current through March 31, 2024

Section 200.2 - Field organization

The field organization of the Forest Service consists of regions, stations, and areas as described below:

(a)Regions of the National Forest System. For the purpose of managing the lands administered by the Forest Service, the United States is divided into nine geographic regions of the National Forest System. Each region has a headquarters office and is supervised by a Regional Forester who is responsible to the Chief for the activities assigned to that region. Within each region are located national forests and other lands of the Forest Service.

(1)National Forests. Each Forest has a headquarters office and is supervised by a Forest Supervisor who is responsible to the Regional Forester. Two or more proclaimed or designated National Forests, or all of the Forests in a State, may be combined into one Forest Service Administrative Unit headed by one Forest Supervisor. Each Forest is divided into Ranger Districts. The Alaska Region is composed of two National Forests without Ranger Districts; with one Forest divided into three areas, each administered by a Forest Supervisor.

(2)Ranger districts. Each district may include a portion of a national forest, a national grassland or portion thereof, a national recreation area, a wilderness or primitive area, and other lands administered by the Forest Service. Each district has a headquarters office and is supervised by a District Ranger (or Area Ranger in some cases) who is responsible to the Forest Supervisor.

(b)Forest and rangeland research coordination. The field research program is coordinated by six research stations, the national Forest Products Laboratory, and the International Institute of Tropical Forestry. Each has a headquarters office and a Director who is responsible to the Chief for all research activities within a geographical area of the United States or its territories. Scientists are based at Research Work Units with laboratories located in 36 lower States, Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico. Scientists primarily conduct their work within a given geographical area, but due to the integrated and cooperative nature of the research program, they make work nationwide and internationally.

(c)State and private forestry cooperation. Field level cooperation between the Forest Service, States, and the private sector on forestry activities is accomplished by the Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry for the Northeastern States; and by the National Forest Regional Offices in the Southeastern and Western States. The Northeastern Area is supervised by an Area Director who is responsible to the Chief for State and private forestry activities within the Area. Regional Foresters in Regions 1 through 8 and Region 10 are responsible for State and private forestry activities within those regions.

(d)International Institute of Tropical Forestry. The Institute is managed by a Director who is the senior Forest Service official in Puerto Rico. The Director is responsible to the Chief for planning and directing research, science and technology exchange, technical assistance to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and international cooperation on natural resources concerning tropical forestry.

(e)Field addresses. The addresses of Regional Foresters, Station Directors, and Area Directors are given below. Under each Regional Office address is a list of National Forest Administrative Units by States with locations of Forest Supervisor headquarters. Headquarters locations for Ranger Districts, National Grasslands, and National Recreation Areas are not listed but may be obtained from Forest Supervisors or Regional Foresters.

National Forests by Region

State in which forest is located	National forest administration unit	Headquarters location of forest supervisor
Region 1, Northern Region (Regional Forester, Federal Bldg., P.O. Box 7669, Missoula, MT 59807):
Idaho	Clearwater	Orofino.
	Idaho Panhandle National Forests (Kaniksu-Coeur 'dAlene-St. Joe	Coeur d'Alene.
	Nezperce	Grangeville.
Montana	Beaverhead	Dillon.
	Bitterroot	Hamilton.
	Custer	Billings.
	Deerlodge	Butte.
	Flathead	Kalispell.
	Gallatin	Bozeman.
	Helena	Helena.
	Kootenai	Libby.
	Lewis and Clark	Great Falls.
	Lolo	Missoula.
Region 2, Rocky Mountain Region (Regional Forester, 740 Simms Street, P. O. Box 25127, Lakewood, CO 80225):
Colorado	Arapaho-Roosevelt	Fort Collins.
	Grand Mesa-Uncompahgre and Gunnison	Delta.
	Pike-San Isabel	Pueblo.
	San Juan-Rio Grande	Monte Vista.
	White River	Glenwood Springs.
Nebraska	Nebraska (Samuel R. McKelvie)	Chadron.
South Dakota	Black Hills	Custer.
Wyoming	Bighorn	Sheridan.
	Medicine Bow-Routt	Laramie.
	Shoshone	Cody.
Region 3, Southwestern Region (Regional Forester, Federal Bldg., 517 Gold Ave. SW., Albuquerque, NM 87102):
Arizona	Apache-Sitgreaves	Springerville.
	Coconino	Flagstaff.
	Coronado	Tucson.
	Kaibab	Williams.
	Prescott	Prescott.
	Tonto	Phoenix.
New Mexico	Carson	Taos.
	Cibola	Albuquerque.
	Gila	Silver City.
	Lincoln	Alamogordo.
	Santa Fe	Santa Fe.
Region 4, Intermountain Region (Regional Forester, 324 25th St., Ogden, UT 84401):
Idaho	Boise	Boise.
	Caribou (Cache-Idaho portion)	Pocatello.
	Challis	Challis.
	Payette	McCall.
	Salmon	Salmon.
	Sawtooth	Twin Falls.
	Targhee	St. Anthony.
Nevada	Humboldt	Elko.
	Toiyabe, except the Lake Tahoe basin management unit	Sparks.
Utah	Ashley	Vernal.
	Dixie	Cedar City.
	Fishlake	Richfield.
	Manti-La Sal	Price.
	Uinta	Provo.
	Wasatch (Cache-Utah portion)	Salt Lake City.
Wyoming	Bridger-Teton	Jackson.
Region 5, Pacific Southwest Region (Regional Forester, 630 Sansome St., San Francisco, CA 94111):
California	Angeles	Arcadia.
	Cleveland	San Diego.
	Eldorado, except the Lake Tahoe basin management unit	Placerville.
	Inyo	Bishop.
	Klamath	Yreka.
	Lassen	Susanville.
	Los Padres	Goleta.
	Mendocino	Willows.
	Modoc	Alturas.
	Plumas	Quincy.
	San Bernardino	San Bernardino.
	Sequoia	Porterville.
	Shasta-Trinity	Redding.
	Sierra	Fresno.
	Six Rivers	Eureka.
	Stanislaus (Calaveras Bigtree)	Sonora.
	Tahoe, except the Lake Tahoe basin management unit	Nevada City.
	Lake Tahoe basin management unit (portions of Toiyabe, Eldorado, and Tahoe National Forests)	South Lake Tahoe (headed by an administrator).
Region 6, Pacific Northwest Region (Regional Forester, 333 S.W. 1st Avenue, P.O. Box 3623, Portland, OR 97208):
Oregon	Deschutes	Bend
	Fremont	Lakeview.
	Malheur	John Day.
	Mount Hood	Gresham.
	Ochoco	Prineville.
	Rogue River	Medford.
	Siskiyou	Grants Pass.
	Siuslaw	Corvallis.
	Umatilla	Pendleton.
	Umpqua	Roseburg.
	Wallowa-Whitman	Baker.
	Willamette	Eugene.
	Winema	Klamath Falls.
Washington	Colville	Colville.
	Gifford Pinchot	Vancouver.
	Mount Baker-Snoqualmie	Mountain Terrace.
	Okanogan	Okanogan.
	Olympic	Olympia.
	Wenatchee	Wenatchee.
Region 8, Southern Region (Regional Forester, 1720 Peachtree Rd. NW., Atlanta, GA 30367):
Alabama	National forests in Alabama (William B. Bankhead, Conecuh, Talladega, Tuskegee)	Montgomery.
Arkansas	Ouachita	Hot Springs.
	Ozark-St. Francis	Russellville.
Florida	National forests in Florida (Apalachicola, Ocala, Osceola)	Tallahassee.
Georgia	Chattahoochee-Oconee	Gainesville.
Kentucky	Daniel Boone	Winchester.
Louisiana	Kisatchie	Pineville.
Mississippi	National Forests in Mississippi (Bienville, Delta, De Soto, Holly Springs, Homochitto, Tombigbee)	Jackson.
North Carolina	National forests in North Carolina (Croatan, Nantahala, Pisgah, Uwharrie)	Asheville.
Puerto Rico	Caribbean	Rio Piedras, PR.
South Carolina	Francis Marion and Sumter	Columbia.
Tennessee	Cherokee	Cleveland.
Texas	National forests in Texas (Angelina, Davy Crockett, Sabine, Sam Houston)	Lufkin.
Virginia	George Washington-Jefferson	Roanoke.
Region 9, Eastern Region (Regional Forester, 310 West Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53203):
Illinois	Shawnee	Harrisburg.
Indiana and Ohio	Wayne-Hoosier	Bedford, IN.
Michigan	Hiawatha	Escanaba.
	Huron-Manistee	Cadillac.
	Ottawa	Ironwood.
Minnesota	Chippewa	Cass Lake.
	Superior	Duluth.
Missouri	Mark Twain	Rolla.
New Hampshire and Maine	White Mountain	Laconia, NH.
Pennsylvania	Allegheny	Warren.
Vermont	Green Mountain	Rutland.
West Virginia	Monongahela	Elkins.
Wisconsin	Chequamegon	Park Falls.
	Nicolet	Rhinelander.
Region 10, Alaska Region (Regional Forester, Federal Office Bldg., P.O. Box 21628, Juneau, AK 99802-1628):
Alaska	Chugach	Anchorage.
	Tongass:
	Chatham area	Sitka.
	Ketchikan area	Ketchikan.
	Sitkine area	Petersburg.

Forest and Range Experiment Stations, Laboratories, and Institutes Name of Unit and Headquarters of Director

North Central Research Station-1995 Folwell Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108.

Northeastern Research Station-100 Matsonford Road, 5 Radnor Corporate Center, Suite 200, P.O. Box 6775, Radnor, PA 19087-4585.

Pacific Northwest Research Station-333 S.W. 1st Avenue, P.O. Box 3890, Portland, OR 97208-3890.

Pacific Southwest Research Station-800 Buchanan Street, West Building, Albany, CA 94710-0011.

Rocky Mountain Research Station-240 West Prospect Street, Fort Collins, CO 80526-2098.

Southern Research Station-200 Weaver Boulevard, P.O. Box 2680, Asheville, NC 28802.

Laboratory

Forest Products Laboratory-One Gifford Pinchot Drive, Madison, WI 53705-2398.

Institute

International Institute of Tropical Forestry-Call Box 25000, UPR Experimental Station Grounds, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico 00928-2500.

State and Private Forestry Area Office

Director, Northeastern Area-100 Matsonford Road, P.O. Box 6775, Radnor, PA 19087-4585.

36 C.F.R. §200.2

41 FR 24350, June 16, 1976, as amended at 42 FR 32230, June 24, 1977; 42 FR 40438, Aug. 10, 1977; 43 FR 27190, June 23, 1978; 44 FR 5660, Jan. 29, 1979; 62 FR 33366, 33367, June 19, 1997

In Regions 1 through 8 and 10, State and Private Forestry activities are directed from Regional headquarters.