Talk:United States Forest Service
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[edit] Criticism
There should be a note about criticism of the National Forest Service compared to the state forest services http://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/reg17n1-leal.html. 23:53, 28 June 2006 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Litch (talk • contribs)
[edit] just another logo
Hello,
there's right another US Forest Service emblem on the commons, it's much more colorful and lovely ;-)
perhaps you might want to use it.
--84.178.53.120 20:01, 2 November 2006 (UTC) commons:User:Sven
[edit] Official Name
Many people, including agency employees and retirees, refer to the agency as the "U.S. Forest Service." That is not correct. The official name of the agency is, simply, "Forest Service." To distinguish it from agencies, such as the Texas Forest Service, one should use "USDA" in front of "Forest Service."
Herb Evans 14:54, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
- The reason the article has "United States" in front of "Forest Service" is due to the international scope of Wikipedia. Since other countries have Forest Services or similarly named entities, we have to distinguish what country we are talking about. Feel free to edit the article itself and state the common naming as known by most persons.--MONGO 17:02, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
I thoroughly disagree with the assertions made by Herb Evans in the first paragraph above. His main point is confusing as well. I am a former FS employee, and have always referred to the agency in casual conversation as the "Forest Service." Further his assertion that employees do not refer to the FS as the US Forest Service mystifies me. I always refer to it as the US Forest Service unless, in conversation, I am using the more casual term "Forest Service." (For instance, I might say when sharing a beer off-duty with a colleague, "When is the Forest Service going to give me the sick leave I've got coming?" It would be rather dopey if I said, "When is the US Forest Service going to...") My point here is that "Forest Service" is casual. "US Forest Service" is more formal and correct. As MONGO says.
Despite Mr. Evans' assertion, the official name is NOT "Forest Service." (The official name of the US Navy is NOT "Navy.")
The very tiresome "USDA Forest Service" was added (not sure when) by bureaucrats at the US Dept of Agriculture to drive home the point (in a heavy-handed fashion) that the FS belongs to the USDA. But it's very awkward, and while USDA Forest Service is used on letterheads, in press releases, etc, why should we sane people fall into that trap? (Can you imagine the confusion if all govt agencies followed suit: "USDoD Navy" etc.
"US Forest Service": simple, to the point. Used by us employees and ex-employees.
