Applying the Built Environment Image Guide to Administrative Sites, page 9

Portraying the Forest Service Image—Applying the Built Environment Image Guide to Administrative Sites

Applying the BEIG is Worthwhile

It's often a lot easier to identify goals than to produce structures that meet them. Funding construction of any but the most basic Forest Service structures is difficult, and lack of maintenance funding is a constant problem. As a result, the Forest Service has a large stock of uninspiring, inefficient buildings and only a few that really serve their occupants and customers well. We can and will do better on new construction and even improve existing buildings significantly (figure 23). The BEIG is one of the tools that can help us do so.

Photo of a long building with log pillars at the front and a forested area behind it.
Figure 23—An addition and renovation to the Detroit Ranger District office in
the Pacific Northwest Region's Willamette National Forest included a new
main entry and visitor information area that dramatically transformed the image of
the office and improved public service. The massive log columns and steep roof
that dominate the structure make the design appropriate for the Cascadian region of
the North Pacific province.

About the Author

Kathleen Snodgrass came to MTDC as a project leader in 2001. She graduated from Washington State University in 1974 with a bachelor of science degree in architectural studies, then spent about 10 years in highway design and construction with the Idaho Division of Highways. She began her career with the Forest Service in 1984. Kathie worked in facilities, landscape architecture, land line, and general engineering on the Nez Perce National Forest for around 10 years, and was the forest's facilities architect for about 7 years before coming to MTDC.

Additional single copies of this document may be ordered from:
USDA Forest Service, Missoula Technology and Development Center
5785 Hwy. 10 West Missoula, MT 59808–9361
Phone: 406–329–3978
Fax: 406–329–3719
E-mail: wo_mtdc_pubs@fs.fed.us

For additional information about applying the Built Environment Image Guide to administrative sites, contact Kathleen Snodgrass at MTDC:
Phone: 406–329–3922
Fax: 406–329–3719
E-mail: ksnodgrass@fs.fed.us

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