Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§554 Forest Supervisors and Rangers
Title 16 › CHAPTER 3 — FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 554
Summary
Forest supervisors and rangers must be chosen, when possible, from qualified people who live in the same State or Territory as the national forest they will work in.
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Title 16, §554
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Forest supervisors and rangers shall be selected, when practicable, from qualified citizens of the States or Territories in which the national forests, respectively, are situated.
Legislative History
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Editorial Notes
Codification “National forests” substituted in text for “reserves” on authority of act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1269, which provided that forest reserves shall hereafter be known as national forests.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 554
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102