{"data":{"id":"us/36-cfr-200.2","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"36 CFR 200.2","heading":"Field organization.","body":"The field organization of the Forest Service consists of regions, stations, and areas as described below:\n(a) Regions of the National Forest System. For the purpose of managing the lands administered by the Forest Service, the United States is divided into nine geographic regions of the National Forest System. Each region has a headquarters office and is supervised by a Regional Forester who is responsible to the Chief for the activities assigned to that region. Within each region are located national forests and other lands of the Forest Service.\n(1) National Forests. Each Forest has a headquarters office and is supervised by a Forest Supervisor who is responsible to the Regional Forester. Two or more proclaimed or designated National Forests, or all of the Forests in a State, may be combined into one Forest Service Administrative Unit headed by one Forest Supervisor. Each Forest is divided into Ranger Districts. The Alaska Region is composed of two National Forests without Ranger Districts; with one Forest divided into three areas, each administered by a Forest Supervisor.\n(2) Ranger districts. Each district may include a portion of a national forest, a national grassland or portion thereof, a national recreation area, a wilderness or primitive area, and other lands administered by the Forest Service. Each district has a headquarters office and is supervised by a District Ranger (or Area Ranger in some cases) who is responsible to the Forest Supervisor.\n(b) Forest and rangeland research coordination. The field research program is coordinated by six research stations, the national Forest Products Laboratory, and the International Institute of Tropical Forestry. Each has a headquarters office and a Director who is responsible to the Chief for all research activities within a geographical area of the United States or its territories. Scientists are based at Research Work Units with laboratories located in 36 lower States, Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico. Scientists primarily conduct their work within a given geographical area, but due to the integrated and cooperative nature of the research program, they make work nationwide and internationally.\n(c) State and private forestry cooperation. Field level cooperation between the Forest Service, States, and the private sector on forestry activities is accomplished by the Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry for the Northeastern States; and by the National Forest Regional Offices in the Southeastern and Western States. The Northeastern Area is supervised by an Area Director who is responsible to the Chief for State and private forestry activities within the Area. Regional Foresters in Regions 1 through 8 and Region 10 are responsible for State and private forestry activities within those regions.\n(d) International Institute of Tropical Forestry. The Institute is managed by a Director who is the senior Forest Service official in Puerto Rico. The Director is responsible to the Chief for planning and directing research, science and technology exchange, technical assistance to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and international cooperation on natural resources concerning tropical forestry.\n(e) Field addresses. The addresses of Regional Foresters, Station Directors, and Area Directors are given below. Under each Regional Office address is a list of National Forest Administrative Units by States with locations of Forest Supervisor headquarters. Headquarters locations for Ranger Districts, National Grasslands, and National Recreation Areas are not listed but may be obtained from Forest Supervisors or Regional Foresters.\nNational Forests by Region\nState in which forest is located National forest administration unit Headquarters location of forest supervisor\nRegion 1, Northern Region (Regional Forester, Federal Bldg., P.O. Box 7669, Missoula, MT 59807):\nIdaho Clearwater Orofino.\nIdaho Panhandle National Forests (Kaniksu-Coeur 'dAlene-St. Joe Coeur d'Alene.\nNezperce Grangeville.\nMontana Beaverhead Dillon.\nBitterroot Hamilton.\nCuster Billings.\nDeerlodge Butte.\nFlathead Kalispell.\nGallatin Bozeman.\nHelena Helena.\nKootenai Libby.\nLewis and Clark Great Falls.\nLolo Missoula.\nRegion 2, Rocky Mountain Region (Regional Forester, 740 Simms Street, P. O. Box 25127, Lakewood, CO 80225):\nColorado Arapaho-Roosevelt Fort Collins.\nGrand Mesa-Uncompahgre and Gunnison Delta.\nPike-San Isabel Pueblo.\nSan Juan-Rio Grande Monte Vista.\nWhite River Glenwood Springs.\nNebraska Nebraska (Samuel R. McKelvie) Chadron.\nSouth Dakota Black Hills Custer.\nWyoming Bighorn Sheridan.\nMedicine Bow-Routt Laramie.\nShoshone Cody.\nRegion 3, Southwestern Region (Regional Forester, Federal Bldg., 517 Gold Ave. SW., Albuquerque, NM 87102):\nArizona Apache-Sitgreaves Springerville.\nCoconino Flagstaff.\nCoronado Tucson.\nKaibab Williams.\nPrescott Prescott.\nTonto Phoenix.\nNew Mexico Carson Taos.\nCibola Albuquerque.\nGila Silver City.\nLincoln Alamogordo.\nSanta Fe Santa Fe.\nRegion 4, Intermountain Region (Regional Forester, 324 25th St., Ogden, UT 84401):\nIdaho Boise Boise.\nCaribou (Cache-Idaho portion) Pocatello.\nChallis Challis.\nPayette McCall.\nSalmon Salmon.\nSawtooth Twin Falls.\nTarghee St. Anthony.\nNevada Humboldt Elko.\nToiyabe, except the Lake Tahoe basin management unit Sparks.\nUtah Ashley Vernal.\nDixie Cedar City.\nFishlake Richfield.\nManti-La Sal Price.\nUinta Provo.\nWasatch (Cache-Utah portion) Salt Lake City.\nWyoming Bridger-Teton Jackson.\nRegion 5, Pacific Southwest Region (Regional Forester, 630 Sansome St., San Francisco, CA 94111):\nCalifornia Angeles Arcadia.\nCleveland San Diego.\nEldorado, except the Lake Tahoe basin management unit Placerville.\nInyo Bishop.\nKlamath Yreka.\nLassen Susanville.\nLos Padres Goleta.\nMendocino Willows.\nModoc Alturas.\nPlumas Quincy.\nSan Bernardino San Bernardino.\nSequoia Porterville.\nShasta-Trinity Redding.\nSierra Fresno.\nSix Rivers Eureka.\nStanislaus (Calaveras Bigtree) Sonora.\nTahoe, except the Lake Tahoe basin management unit Nevada City.\nLake Tahoe basin management unit (portions of Toiyabe, Eldorado, and Tahoe National Forests) South Lake Tahoe (headed by an administrator).\nRegion 6, Pacific Northwest Region (Regional Forester, 333 S.W. 1st Avenue, P.O. Box 3623, Portland, OR 97208):\nOregon Deschutes Bend\nFremont Lakeview.\nMalheur John Day.\nMount Hood Gresham.\nOchoco Prineville.\nRogue River Medford.\nSiskiyou Grants Pass.\nSiuslaw Corvallis.\nUmatilla Pendleton.\nUmpqua Roseburg.\nWallowa-Whitman Baker.\nWillamette Eugene.\nWinema Klamath Falls.\nWashington Colville Colville.\nGifford Pinchot Vancouver.\nMount Baker-Snoqualmie Mountain Terrace.\nOkanogan Okanogan.\nOlympic Olympia.\nWenatchee Wenatchee.\nRegion 8, Southern Region (Regional Forester, 1720 Peachtree Rd. NW., Atlanta, GA 30367):\nAlabama National forests in Alabama (William B. Bankhead, Conecuh, Talladega, Tuskegee) Montgomery.\nArkansas Ouachita Hot Springs.\nOzark-St. Francis Russellville.\nFlorida National forests in Florida (Apalachicola, Ocala, Osceola) Tallahassee.\nGeorgia Chattahoochee-Oconee Gainesville.\nKentucky Daniel Boone Winchester.\nLouisiana Kisatchie Pineville.\nMississippi National Forests in Mississippi (Bienville, Delta, De Soto, Holly Springs, Homochitto, Tombigbee) Jackson.\nNorth Carolina National forests in North Carolina (Croatan, Nantahala, Pisgah, Uwharrie) Asheville.\nPuerto Rico Caribbean Rio Piedras, PR.\nSouth Carolina Francis Marion and Sumter Columbia.\nTennessee Cherokee Cleveland.\nTexas National forests in Texas (Angelina, Davy Crockett, Sabine, Sam Houston) Lufkin.\nVirginia George Washington-Jefferson Roanoke.\nRegion 9, Eastern Region (Regional Forester, 310 West Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53203):\nIllinois Shawnee Harrisburg.\nIndiana and Ohio Wayne-Hoosier Bedford, IN.\nMichigan Hiawatha Escanaba.\nHuron-Manistee Cadillac.\nOttawa Ironwood.\nMinnesota Chippewa Cass Lake.\nSuperior Duluth.\nMissouri Mark Twain Rolla.\nNew Hampshire and Maine White Mountain Laconia, NH.\nPennsylvania Allegheny Warren.\nVermont Green Mountain Rutland.\nWest Virginia Monongahela Elkins.\nWisconsin Chequamegon Park Falls.\nNicolet Rhinelander.\nRegion 10, Alaska Region (Regional Forester, Federal Office Bldg., P.O. Box 21628, Juneau, AK 99802-1628):\nAlaska Chugach Anchorage.\nTongass:\nChatham area Sitka.\nKetchikan area Ketchikan.\nSitkine area Petersburg.\nForest and Range Experiment Stations, Laboratories, and Institutes Name of Unit and Headquarters of Director\nNorth Central Research Station—1995 Folwell Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108.\nNortheastern Research Station—100 Matsonford Road, 5 Radnor Corporate Center, Suite 200, P.O. Box 6775, Radnor, PA 19087-4585.\nPacific Northwest Research Station—333 S.W. 1st Avenue, P.O. Box 3890, Portland, OR 97208-3890.\nPacific Southwest Research Station—800 Buchanan Street, West Building, Albany, CA 94710-0011.\nRocky Mountain Research Station—240 West Prospect Street, Fort Collins, CO 80526-2098.\nSouthern Research Station—200 Weaver Boulevard, P.O. Box 2680, Asheville, NC 28802.\nLaboratory\nForest Products Laboratory—One Gifford Pinchot Drive, Madison, WI 53705-2398.\nInstitute\nInternational Institute of Tropical Forestry—Call Box 25000, UPR Experimental Station Grounds, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico 00928-2500.\nState and Private Forestry Area Office\nDirector, Northeastern Area—100 Matsonford Road, P.O. Box 6775, Radnor, PA 19087-4585.\nNote:\nIn Regions 1 through 8 and 10, State and Private Forestry activities are directed from Regional headquarters.","path":["Title 36—Parks, Forests, and Public Property","CHAPTER II—FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","PART 200—ORGANIZATION, FUNCTIONS, AND PROCEDURES","Subpart A—Organization"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-36.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:44Z","sha256":"c0b7fe4f01812d2e3f24f24f393a569c4b79078029b7ee1fadfd74de4d6e4e32","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/36-cfr-200.1","next":"us/36-cfr-200.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}