UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 FOR EST SERVICE 



(From the Forest Service. United States Department of Agriculture, 



San Francisco Office) 



FO'REST ME1J OPEN 



f'he annual conference of district foresters of the 



United States Forest Service 'is being held this week at Salt Lake City, 

 Officials from the "Vr,,shiiigtc-.i office and. from the ci:: western forest 

 service districts arc .in cu.tte idance . 



r i'he disposal cf timber on the national forests is the 

 chief topic of discussion. The sale cf limber from national fr rests 

 is increasing each ye: - r anC. has no'.v become one of the important ac- 

 tivities cf the forest service. Reports show that there are now 

 650,000,000 feet of timber cut annually, bringing in about 01,400,000 

 to the government. It is expected that this v/ill increase considerably 

 this year. 



The foresters 7 T ill take up the question of the possible 

 adoption of standard policies to be follov/ed in the future, including 

 utilization of inferior species cf timber, consolidation of timber 

 lands by exchange, elimination of unnecessary procedure and simplifica- 

 tion of methods of selling timber, appraisal of timber sold to small 

 mills, the extent to v.-hich brush piling and burning should be required, 

 the policy t^ be followed in selling timber to settlers at actual cost, 

 standard of cruising timber, freo use of timber by settlers and pros- 

 pect^rs, and rlans for the reforestation of denuded lands* 



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