16 USC § 554 - Forest supervisors and rangers

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s554"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 554 - Forest supervisors and rangers"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "554"
section_name: "Forest supervisors and rangers"
chapter_number: 3
chapter_name: "FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Feb. 1, 1905, ch. 288, § 3, 33 Stat. 628.)"
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# § 554. Forest supervisors and rangers

Forest supervisors and rangers shall be selected, when practicable, from qualified citizens of the States or Territories in which the national forests, respectively, are situated.

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**Source Credit**: (Feb. 1, 1905, ch. 288, § 3, 33 Stat. 628.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

“National forests” substituted in text for “reserves” on authority of , , which provided that forest reserves shall hereafter be known as national forests.