Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

16 U.S.C. § 554

Forest supervisors and rangers

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.

Feb. 1, 1905, ch. 288, § 333 Stat. 628(, .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 290734 Stat. 1269“National forests” substituted in text for “reserves” on authority of , , which provided that forest reserves shall hereafter be known as national forests.