> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # United States Forest Service - URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/united-states-forest-service/ - Published: 1999-01-03T02:14:00.000Z - Updated: 2025-01-04T04:01:40.000Z - Author: Liam Sturgess - Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization The **United States Forest Service (USFS)** is an agency of the [United States Federal Government](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/United-States-Federal-Government) within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). ## History At the request of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Forest Service was commissioned by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) to research the use of forest fire as a military weapon.[\[1\]](#fn1) A report was published in June 1970 and declassified in May 1983.[\[2\]](#fn2) ## External links - [Website](https://www.fs.usda.gov/) - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%5FStates%5FForest%5FService) - [Wikispooks](https://wikispooks.com/wiki/US/Forest%5FService) --- 1. Jacobsen, A. (2015). *The Pentagon’s Brain.* Little, Brown. [↩︎](#fnref1) 2. Chandler, C. C., & Bentley, J. R. (1970, June). *Forest Fire as a Military Weapon: Final Report.* Defense Technical Information Center; United States Forest Service. [↩︎](#fnref2)