Eastern Region

ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW
The Eastern Region office in Milwaukee is made up of the following staff areas.

SPECIAL PROGRAMS
In addition to the traditional organizational structure, the Eastern Region has several special groups that cross functional and geographic boundaries..

NICHE STATEMENT
The Eastern Region is the most geographically, ecologically, and socially diverse area in the country. Regional boundaries contain 20 states with over 43% of the nation's population.

POINTS OF PRIDE
America's Outdoors, Honor Awards, Eastern and Southern Regions University, Urban Connections, Urban Tree House .

HISTORY
The first Eastern Region was Region 7. Created in 1914, R7 included National Forests in all East Coast states and the entire area west to Arkansas excluding the Great Lakes area. By 1918, Region 7 included all of the southern National Forests extending as far west as Oklahoma. At this time, the Regions, then called Districts*, operated little more than as an adjunct to the office of the Chief Forester in DC. (* Districts became known as Regions in the 1930's).

CONTRACTING WITH REGION 9
This page provides informtion and guidance help assist the small business to participate in USDA Forest Service procurement activiteis.

PARTNERING WITH REGION 9
The National Forest system, State and Private Forestry, and Research and Development provide conservation leadership in the Eastern Region in cooperation with an array of partners that continues to expand every day in number and scope.