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1. The co-operative agreement will cover only fire protection of 

 mature timber, as exemplified by many existing agreements in Idaho 

 and elsewhere. 



2. Protection of young growth added. 



3. Protection against trespass. 



4. Grazing co-operation. 



5. Co-operation in general administration and in making timber 

 sales, so as to secure better utilization. 



6. Establishment of annual cutting budget, such as the unit will 

 bear continuously, even though the private lands are allotted most of 

 the budget. (Some may question putting this ahead of the next item. 

 The writer holds, however, that without limitation of the cut, the 

 forest will soon be destroyed as a revenue producer until after the 

 lapse of a half century or more, in which period the private co-opera- 

 tor will lose interest at the outset and leave his lands to lie waste, prey 

 to annual fires which will spread without let to the National Forest 

 lands. Regulated yield with annual income is an absolute prerequisite 

 to retention of interest by individual or corporate owner.) 



7. Planning of cuttings to secure natural regeneration. 



8. Co-operation in the disposal of timber with a view to keeping 

 industry permanent in the locality ; National Forest timber and private 

 timber being cut with due reference to each other. 



9. Gradual addition of artificiail regeneration, thinnings where 

 needed, etc. 



10. Ultimtae unification of the ownership in hands of one co- 

 operative party or the other. (In the majority of instances going to a 

 public owner.) 



No matter how few or short the stops along this road of co-opera- 

 tion, I believe the service performed by it can be large, through the 

 ideal of continuous production it will hold before the forest owners 

 and public of each locality. With this ideal before them the importance 

 of young forest growth and its protection from fire can hardly fail to 

 impress some part of the people, at least. 



Naturally, many difficulties will occur in carrying out such a pro- 

 gram, and many obstacles will have to be surmounted. The writer 

 refuses, however, to contemplate that the splendid forest-producing 

 lands adjacent to National Forests of this region will be allowed to 

 deteriorate to waste lands. It is also unthinkable that the accident of 

 a poorly-framed land policy, resulting in divided ownership of eco- 

 nomic forest units should result in permanent divided management 



