The main offices are located in Swiftwater in Monroe County, Pennsylvania in the United States.

Conservationists like Dr. Joseph Rothrock became concerned that the forests would not regrow if they were not managed properly.

They clear cut the forests and left behind nothing but dried tree tops and rotting stumps.

The sparks of passing steam locomotives ignited wildfires that prevented the formation of second growth forests.

The Pennsylvania General Assembly passed a piece of legislation in 1897 that authorized the purchase of "unseated lands for forest reservations."