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nirnoi i\(; i\f) 1/ //v7//\/vc; cRorsF. coverts 



erts. \\ here lulliiijr can lie Wdrknl iriln llic i;iiiri;il plan fur (lixclupmi'ril and niairileiiance of 

 grouse cover ull is well — but this is seldom the case. 



Perhaps the most satisfactory situation occurs when it is possible to combine fuelwood 

 and grouse as joint crops. Here it is seldom necessary to cut large areas at one time and the 

 operations may usually be so scattered as to make them fit excellenth iritii the game cover 

 iin|)rovement program. 



It is seldom necessary to make the final dciision. either as regards the croji to he encour- 

 aged or the ( ultiiral practices to be carried out. alone. 



HEAVILY I'KLiNKI) I'l.WT ATIONS AM) (.KOI SK ARK \(n t.oM )■ \ liHI.i; 



If a landowner is in need of leclniical assistance in Tiianaging his woodland, there are sev- 

 eral service groups to which he nun tnm. In nian\ stales there is the Extension Service of 

 the Slate Colleges of Agri( nllnrc an<l ForcstrN with their attendant specialists in forest and 

 farm woodlot improvement. Likewise man\ stales are di\ idcd up into Soil Conservation Dis- 

 tricts, the personnel of wliirh knuu how to iialanrc the (Mpiities between forestry and wildlife. 

 In New York there are I'arm Foresters. District Foresters and District Wildlife Managers. 

 The last two are conslanll) engaged in managing Stale lands on a midliple-use basis. A pari 

 of their job is to encourage and as~i>t Ian(l(iwnir> to prodni c linilx'r and game crops on a 

 sustained \ ield i.asis. In some counlies tiiere are also Farm Foresters who s])eciali/.e in assist- 

 ing private owners of forest lands. A discussion of coverl problems with an\ of them is 

 likely to ])r(i\(' highlv profitable. 



Forest Stand Ini i>i(ivcnifiil II oik 



Every overgrown licld and woodland needs to be thimii-d occasionalh to release the crop 

 trees from undue competition, slinndalr tlii-ir Limwlh and niainlain a doiralile composition 

 and arrangement of the cover. 



