Part 4

This drive through the heart of the Green Mountains will show managed northern hardwood forest types, including sugar maple.

In addition to these areas, many of the 800 National Forest ranger stations contain displays on local trees. All are designed to show the American people how the resources of the National Forests are cultivated and used to serve the country now and in the future.

The Multiple Use Tree, based on an ancient symbol for wood and used as an element of design in this booklet, is the central figure of the symbol for the National Forests.

Each of the tree’s oval branches stands for a renewable resource of the forest—water, timber, forage, wildlife, recreation—and the products and services flowing from them. The trunk represents the Nation and its people who benefit from forest resources.

The line inscribing the tree establishes the interrelationship and interdependence of resources and their users. Its continuity symbolizes multiple use management by indicating that each resource is developed and managed in coordination with each of the other resources, and that all are developed and managed for optimum benefits to the Nation.

The National Forest symbol, created by enclosing the tree with a ring bearing the legend, National Forests—Lands of Many Uses, is a hallmark of service to a growing America.

Information

For detailed information on visiting the National Forests, see the map for the headquarters of the Forest Service Region administering the areas you are interested in and write to the appropriate Regional Forester, Forest Service:

Federal Building Missoula, Mont. 59801

Federal Center 1720 Building 85 Denver, Colo. 80225

517 Gold Ave. SW. Albuquerque, N. Mex. 87101

324 25th St. Ogden, Utah 84401

630 Sansome St. San Francisco, Calif. 94111

Post Office Box 3623 Portland, Oreg. 97208

Peachtree Rd. NW. Atlanta, Ga. 30309

633 West Wisconsin Ave. Milwaukee, Wis. 53203

Federal Office Building Post Office Box 1628 Juneau, Alaska 99801

STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY AREAS

Northeastern Area—S&PF 6816 Market St. Upper Darby, Pa. 19082

Southeastern Area—S&PF 1720 Peachtree Rd. NW. Atlanta, Ga. 30309

This booklet is one of a series on the many uses and benefits of the water, timber, wildlife, forage, and recreation resources of the National Forest System. Others include Backpacking in the National Forest Wilderness, Skiing, and Camping.

Issued April 1964 Slightly revised December 1971

★ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971 0—446-376

The Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, is dedicated to the principle of multiple use management of the Nation’s forest resources for sustained yields of wood, water, forage, wildlife, and recreation. Through forestry research, cooperation with the States and private forest owners, and management of the National Forests and National Grasslands, it strives—as directed by Congress—to provide increasingly greater service to a growing Nation.

Transcriber’s Notes

—Silently corrected a few typos.

—Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook is public-domain in the country of publication.

—In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by underscores.