# THE DUTIES OF A FOREST OFFICER

THE DUTIES OF A FOREST OFFICER Produced: 1936 Description Shows activities of Forest Service officers in national forests. Reel 1, (winter) rangers make timber and boundary surveys, issue grazing permits, clear forest roads, feed game, stock streams, plant trees, and make road signs. Reel 2, (spring) rangers clear brush, fell snag, train fire guards, construct forest roads and bridges, inspect camp sites, and survey forage conditions on grazing lands. Reel 3, (summer) rangers warn visitors of fire dangers, build dams, plant vegetation to control erosion, and fight fires. Reel 4, (fall) rangers round up wild horses, move sheep and cattle to winter pasture, store camping and fire fighting equipment, sell timber, and burn brush. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7413

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1936
- By: National Archives
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/33-537-r1-4)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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