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16 U.S.C. § 554

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Forest supervisors and rangers
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Title
16 — Conservation
Chapter
CH3
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

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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. (Feb. 1, 1905, ch. 288, § 3, 33 Stat. 628.) 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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