United States Forest Service
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The United States Forest Service is an agency within the United States Department of Agriculture. It administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands covering 193 million acres
Forest Service team uses a 106 mm recoilless rifle for avalanche control at Mammoth Mountain in the Inyo National Forest in California. Note the Minarets in background.
A horse patrol of the Law Enforcement & Investigations unit
The U.S. Forest Service R&D lab in Olympia, Washington
The Forest Products Laboratory, in Madison, Wisconsin
Wildfire suppression
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Wildfire suppression efforts depend on many factors such as the available fuels, atmospheric conditions, topography, and the size of the wildfire. Due to these complicating factors and additional remo
A wildland firefighter from the Idaho Bureau of Land Management lays down fire from a driptorch.
U.S. and Australian firefighters discussing tactics at the Peat Fire near Cape Conran Coastal Park, Victoria. The U.S. firefighter is in the distinctive yellow and green Nomex uniform.
A Canadair CL-415 owned by the Government of Manitoba to combat wildfires
U.S. Bureau of Land Management wildland fire engines at the Numbers Fire Incident Command Post during sunset.