Sawtooth National Forest

About Us

The phrase "Caring for the Land and Serving People" captures the spirit of the mission of the USDA Forest Service. The Forest Service draws passion and commitment to its mission from its land and service ethics.

Our challenge on the Sawtooth NF is to manage the people's forest through our natural resource agenda with watershed health, ecosystem health--the health of the land--as the primary objective.

The Sawtooth NF long-term emphasis items;

• Develop and utilize coalitions and partnerships formed with Federal, State, local and private entities.
• Develop the interpersonal skills of our people.
• Do a quality job in all resource and management activities on the Forest.

ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW The Sawtooth NF consists of one Headquarters office and five Management Unit offices. HISTORY The Sawtooth National Forest was created on May 29, 1905, by proclamation of President Theodore Roosevelt. It was then called "Sawtooth Forest Reserve" and contained 1,947,520 acres.

BUDGET INFORMATION The Sawtooth NF 2001 Fiscal Year Budget was $12,579,300. For a complete breakdown check here for info. PARTNERS & CONTRACTORS

USDA Forest Service - Sawtooth National Forest
Last Modified: Monday, 16 October 2006 at 11:42:27 EDT