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With the exception of the Navajo, which in itself is a very doubtful 

 proposition in any event, every other area would probably be merged 

 in and administered in connection with long-established existmg Na- 

 tional Forests. 



The flexures given, both for area and volume, are very tentative, in 

 most cases thev are taken from the official report already quoted. In 

 some cases they represent the areas at one time included in the National 

 Forests bv Executive Order or areas previously recommended for 

 such inclusion in Forest Ser^•ice boundary reports. In some cases the 

 area exceeds the timbered area reported by the Commissioner. For 

 example about half of the Flathead area consists of steep slopes, much 

 of it barren lying between the lower forested slopes and the boundary 

 of the adjoining Forest on the summit of the mountain range and not 

 included in the timbered acreage in the reports of the Bureau of Indian 



^''tt'^vill of course, be understood that the classification recommended 

 bv the Department of Agriculture would be based upon care ul f^eld 

 work and that the Department would avail itself fully of the data 

 alreadv obtained bv the Government. 



In this connection the measure which the Committee on Indian 

 Affairs has reported to the House of Representatives P--^^^^? ^^ |^e 

 reorganization of the Indian Service is of special interest. As reported 

 to tSe House January 25, 1921, by Congressman Snyder of New 

 York, Chairma!. of the Committee, Section 6 of this bill reads as 

 follows : 



Sec. C. That on and after July 1. 19^. there shall ^^jJl.^°J^^ 

 Service in the Department of Agriculture, an Indian Forest U.visioi^, 



to be appropriated such sums of money as ^0"? ^ss "^^^ n 



for existing projects. 



The creation of an Indian Forest Division in the Forest Service of 

 the Department of Agriculture, and the transfer to that Dmston of aU 

 the authoritv now exerased and all the dut.es now performed by the 

 Bureau of Indian Affairs, w.th respect to the care and disposal of 



