[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 36, Volume 2] [Revised as of July 1, 2007] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 36CFR200.1] [Page 1-6] TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY CHAPTER II--FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PART 200_ORGANIZATION, FUNCTIONS, AND PROCEDURES--Table of Contents Subpart A_Organization Sec. 200.1 Central organization. [[Page 1]] (This book contains parts 200 to 299) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Part chapter ii--Forest Service, Department of Agriculture....... 200 Abbreviations Used in This Chapter: A.O. = Administrative order. P.L.O. = Public Land order. [[Page 3]] -------------------------------------------------------------------- Part Page 200 Organization, functions, and procedures..... 5 211 Administration.............................. 13 212 Travel management........................... 14 213 Administration of lands under Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act by the Forest Service...................... 27 215 Notice, comment, and appeal procedures for National Forest System projects and activities.............................. 29 216 Involving the public in the formulation of Forest Service directives............... 40 218 Predecisional administrative review processes............................... 43 219 Planning.................................... 48 221 Timber management planning.................. 60 222 Range management............................ 60 223 Sale and disposal of National Forest System timber.................................. 78 228 Minerals.................................... 137 230 State and private forestry assistance....... 171 241 Fish and wildlife........................... 188 242 Subsistence management regulations for public lands in Alaska.................. 191 251 Land uses................................... 246 254 Landownership adjustments................... 297 261 Prohibitions................................ 315 262 Law enforcement support activities.......... 328 264 Property management......................... 332 271 Use of ``Smokey Bear'' symbol............... 333 272 Use of ``Woodsy Owl'' symbol................ 334 290 Cave resources management................... 336 292 National recreation areas................... 338 293 Wilderness--primitive areas................. 365 294 Special areas............................... 370 296 Protection of archaeological resources: uniform regulations..................... 373 297 Wild and scenic rivers...................... 386 298-299 [Reserved] [[Page 5]] Subpart A_Organization Sec. 200.1 Central organization 200.2 Field organization. Subpart B_Functions and Procedures 200.3 Forest Service functions. 200.4 Administrative issuances. 200.5 Indexes. 200.6 Information available; inspection, copying, and charges. 200.7 Request for records. 200.8 Appeals. 200.12 Land status and title records. Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552; 7 U.S.C. 6706; 16 U.S.C. 472, 521, 1603, and 2101 et seq. (a) Central office. The national office of the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, is located in the Auditors Building, 14th and Independence Avenue, SW. Washington, DC. It consists of the Office of the Chief and Associate Chief, and a Deputy Chief for each of the following five activities: Programs and Legislation, National Forest System, Research, State and Private Forestry, and Administration. All communications should be addressed to the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 96090, Washington, DC 20090-6090. (b) Chief of the Forest Service. The Chief of the Forest Service, under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, administers the formulation, direction, and execution of Forest Service policies, programs, and activities. (c) Deputy Chiefs. The major activities of the Forest Service at the headquarters level are divided into five Deputy Chief areas with each further divided into staff units. The programs and functions of staff units are directed by staff directors and may be subdivided into groups headed by group leaders. A description of the major activities of each Deputy Chief follows: (1) Programs and legislation. Overall planning of Forest Service programs, policy formulation and analysis, budgeting, legislative development, reporting and liaison, and environmental coordination. (2) National Forest System. Administration of National Forest System lands and management of natural resources within the principle of multiple use and sustained yield. Management includes planning, coordinating, and directing the national resource programs of timber, range, wildlife, recreation, watershed, and mineral areas; and support activities of fire, engineering, lands, aviation, and computer systems. The National Forest System includes: 155 Proclaimed or designated National Forests 20 National Grasslands 51 Purchase Units 8 Land Utilization Projects 20 Research and Experimental Areas 33 Other Areas The first four classifications listed above are administered as 121 Forest Service Administrative Units, each headed by a Forest Supervisor. National Recreation Areas, National Forest Wildernesses, and Primitive Areas are included in the above land classifications. (3) Research. Plan, coordinate, and direct research programs to learn how man can best use and protect the plant, animal, soil, water, and esthetic resources of nonagricultural rural and exurban lands for his well-being and enjoyment. These programs include research on timber management, forest products and engineering, forest economics and marketing, watersheds, wildlife and fish habitat, range, recreation and other environmental concerns, forest insects and disease, forest fire and atmospheric science. Plans and directs international forestry activities and disseminates forestry research information throughout the world. (4) State and private forestry. Coordinate and provide leadership for intergovernmental resource programs for technical and financial assistance to improve and protect State and privately-owned forest resources and urban and community forestry. Carries out this action through cooperative forestry, area planning and development, cooperative fire protection, forest insect and disease management, cooperative tree planting, and overall [[Page 6]] Forest Service participation in rural development and environmental concern, including civil defense and other emergency activities. (5) Administration. Provide support for Forest Service programs through management improvement, fiscal and accounting, administrative services, personnel management, manpower and youth conservation, antipoverty programs, communication and electronics, internal review system, external audits, coordination of civil rights activities, public information, and Service-wide management of systems and computer applications. [41 FR 24350, June 16, 1976, as amended at 42 FR 32230, June 24, 1977; 43 FR 27190, June 23, 1978; 44 FR 5660, Jan. 29, 1979; 62 FR 33366, June 19, 1997]