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PRIMEVAL FOREST IN NORTH CAROLINA 



In the Appalachians and White Mountains more than 1,100,000 acres have been 

 acquired for national forest purposes. The various states concerned are in cooperation 

 with the national government in g-iving- fire protection to the forested watersheds com- 

 manded by these lands, and federal management will aim to increase productivity in 

 timber, g-razing- and other forest resources 



