People

Ranger Bryce Ledford at Yellowpin lookout, Sabine National Forest, Texas.
Ranger Bryce Ledford at Yellowpin lookout, Sabine National Forest, Texas.
Ranger Clarence Chase Showing a jack pine, 1940.
Ranger Clarence Chase Showing a jack pine, 1940.
A. F. Potter, Associate Forester, U.S. Forest Service, ca. 1910.
A. F. Potter, Associate Forester, U.S. Forest Service, ca. 1910.

From the Chiefs in Washington D.C. to the rangers and scientists in the field, the U.S. Forest Service has always been the sum of its people. Here you will find biographies, photographs, and writings of the Chiefs and others, as well as insights into life in the field from throughout the history of the U.S. Forest Service. Files on more than 2,000 employees may be found in the Biographical Index.