In 1905, the Forest Service was created as a branch of the U.S. Agriculture Department to oversee these reserves, and Gifford Pinchot was chosen to lead it. Forest Service lands declared as “emergency” situations this year, which includes nearly 60% of the nation’s forests. Rollins, however, vastly expanded the “emergency situation” acreage to almost 113 million acres, or 59% of all Forest Service lands. It would also cut the national forest system and capital improvement and maintenance budgets by 21% and 48% respectively. The result, if the administration succeeds, will be a diminished Forest Service that would be unrecognizable to Gifford Pinchot.