Edward P. Cliff (September 3, 1909 – July 18, 1987) served as the ninth Chief of the United States Forest Service (USFS) of the Department of Agriculture, from March 17, 1962 to April 29, 1972.

Cliff moved to Washington, D.C. to serve as Assistant Chief in the Division of Range Management in 1944.

[4] The intense nationwide controversy over clearcutting made the last few years of Cliff's tenure tumultuous.

By the time of his retirement in 1972, he had begun to improve balance in national forest programs by strengthening interdisciplinary planning and modifying timber-cutting guidelines.

Utah State University granted him a Founder's Day Distinguished Service Award in 1958 and an honorary doctorate degree in 1965.