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Photo: Independent Journal Review
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Hostage Crisis Allegedly Involving Father And Son Holding Two Federal Employees At Gunpoint Ends After Hourslong Standoff
Two U.S. Forest Service employees were held hostage for hours throughout Thursday night in a Northern California national forest.
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The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency within the United States Department of Agriculture. It administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands covering 193 million acres (780,000 km2) of land. The major divisions of the agency are the Chief's Office, National Forest System, State and Private Forestry, Business Operations, as well as Research and Development. The agency manages about 25% of federal lands and is the sole major national land management agency not part of the U.S. Department of the Interior.

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Citizenship: United States
Country: United States
Headquarters: Sidney R. Yates Federal Building
Inception: 1905, February 1, 1905
Website: http://www.fs.fed.us/, https://www.fs.usda.gov/

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