Forests and forestry

U.S. Forest Service Chief Lyle F. Watts, second from left, with unidentified others in the Francie Oak Forest, France.

U.S. Forest Service Chief Lyle F. Watts, center, with unidentified others in the Francie Oak Forest, France. This photo is similar to photo 2009-3584 and 2009-3593.

Rock Memorial, right, near Logan, Utah, dedicated to E.C. Shepard, Supervisor of Cache National Forest.

U.S. Forest Service Chief Lyle F. Watts, fourth from right, smoking a pipe, and others have come for springtime seed tree cutting in the South Carolina forests of the West Virginia Paper Company near Georgetown, South Carolina.

U.S. Forest Service Chief Lyle F. Watts, center, with two unidentified men in the Francie Oak Forest, France.

U.S. Forest Service Chief Lyle F. Watts, right, with an unidentified man in France. Mr. Watts is in France to advise French authorities on forestry.

U.S. Forest Service Chief Lyle F. Watts, center, and others in Francie Oak Forest, France. This photo is similar to photo 2009-3592 and 2009-3593.

U.S. Forest Service Chief Lyle F. Watts, second from left, with others, makes notes while studying a map that is spread out on the hood of a car in a forest in France.

U.S. Forest Chief Lyle F. Watts at Berchtesgarten, Germany, "the Eagle's Nest." Mr. Watts is in Europe to consult with French foresters.

U.S. Forest Service Chief Lyle F. Watts, center, with unidentified others in Germany. Mr. Watts was consulting with foresters in France during this trip.