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Leadership Corner


Every year on the last Friday in April, Arbor Day invites us to plant trees and reflect on the importance of our collective efforts across all landscapes. As an agency, the Forest Service is uniquely positioned to support and celebrate this observance. Arbor Day encourages people to plant, nurture and celebrate trees—work that is core to who we are. Every day, we partner to restore forests, planting millions of trees annually. Our goal is to reforest over 250 million trees on more than 1 million acres of national forest lands over the next five years. And this year, we are...
Official portrait: Chief Tom Schultz in formal uniform in front of Forest Service and American flags.

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