Geologic Resources
Geologic resources are natural features or areas whose unique geologic attributes provide important scientific or educational value and support multiple uses of National Forest System lands. Management of geological resources preserves their value as significant landscape elements held by the agency in the public trust. The Geologic Resources Program supports the agency’s mission of "Caring for the Land and Serving People" by contributing to a scientific understanding of the earth -- the "Land" -- in particular the materials of which it is made, the geologic processes which have occurred and are in action today and geologic history as recorded in the rocks. This information is needed for ecologically-based planning and or implementing a wide range of Forest Service land and resource management activities.
