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[CITE: 16USC562]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
      CHAPTER 3--FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 562. Forest experiment station in California

    In order to determine and demonstrate the best methods for the 
conservative management of forest and forest lands and the protection of 
timber and other forest products, the Secretary of Agriculture is 
authorized and directed (1) to establish and maintain, in cooperation 
with the State of California and with the surrounding States, a forest 
experiment station at such place or places as he may determine to be 
most suitable, and (2) to conduct, independently or in cooperation with 
other branches of the Federal Government, the States, universities, 
colleges, county and municipal agencies, business organizations, and 
individuals, such silvicultural, dendrological, forest fire, economic, 
and other experiments and investigations as may be necessary.

(Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 424, Sec. 1, 43 Stat. 1108.)
