William B. Greeley

In that position, he had responsibility over 41 million acres (170,000 km2) in 22 National Forests in four western states (all of Montana, much of Idaho, Washington, and a corner of South Dakota).[5] Pinchot and Theodore Roosevelt had envisioned, at the least, that public timber should be sold only to small, family-run logging outfits, not to big syndicates.In 1928 Bill Greeley left the Forest Service for a position in the timber industry, becoming an executive with the West Coast Lumberman's Association.He was elected an SAF Fellow in 1918, and in 1946 became the third Forest Service Chief to receive its highest award, the Sir William Schlich Memorial Medal.[11] Greeley supervised the work of 21,000 troops and operated 95 sawmills in France turning out two million board feet of lumber a day for the war effort.
United States Forest ServiceWoodrow WilsonWarren G. HardingCalvin CoolidgeHenry S. GravesRobert Y. StuartOswego, New YorkSuquamish, WashingtonAlma materUniversity of California, Berkeley Yale UniversitySociety of American ForestersUnited StatesUnited States ArmyLieutenant ColonelWorld War IDistinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)Legion of HonourDistinguished Service OrderUniversity of California, BerkeleyGifford PinchotGreat Fire of 1910regulatory captureTheodore RooseveltOregonwilderness areaGila WildernessGila National ForestUnited States Chief ForestersForest History SocietyInternet Archive