The current agency central logo establishment in 1905 that doubly denotes the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Department of Agriculture is being eradicated via a costly campaign by U.S. Department of Agriculture as of January 2013 to comply with a Visual Standards Guide, a slick document that contains this critical phrase: "Agency logos are being phased out and replaced with a standardized signature model to be adopted by all USDA agencies."
The current logo is perfectly acceptable with a lone pine tree splitting the letters U and S, letters that serve in appropriate and dual fashion denoting the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to be replaced by a bland costly and insignificant symbol. Please tell Secretary Vilsack no to this stripping of a historical symbol.