From the Chief's Desk
I’m honored to introduce the 2024 USDA Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement to you. We mean it in the Forest Service when we say that everyone deserves a work environment where they feel safe, valued and respected. This is the core of who we are and extends not just to our current employees, but also to future employees who we hope will join us some day. We need a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. People need to see themselves represented in us in order to trust and help us with our conservation mission. Diversity, in addition to being...
Delivering the mission
Sustain our nation's forests and grasslands
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