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ALABAMA 



Commission of Forestry. Effective October I, 1923. 

 Page S. Bunker, State Forester, Montgomery, Alabama. 



Land Area of State. 32,818,560 acres. 



Original Forested Area. 32,000,000 acres. 



Present Forest Area. 20,000,000 acres. 



Idle or Unproductive Forest Land. 6,550,000 acres cut-over and not restocking. 



Timber Stand. 50,000,000,000 board feet. 



State Forests. None. 



National Forests within State. 



Other Publicly-owned forest Area. None. 



Average Annual Lumber Production (1920). 1,439,000,000 board feet. 



Average Annual Consumption. Unavailable. 



Last Annual Appropriation for Forestry. $35,000. 



Forest Fire Laws. Forest fire protective system created under new State 

 Forest Law, mobilizing local officials for fire protection. Makes wilful 

 and negligent setting of fires a misdemeanor. System still in process of 

 perfection. 



Forest Taxation Laws. Any lands the owner of which wishes to devote them 

 to forest culture may apply for their entry as Auxiliary State Forests, 

 entering into contract with the State Commission to devote the lands to this 

 purpose. Lands so classified taxed on the value of the land alone until 

 withdrawn or cut, then paying a tax of 10 per cent, of the value of the 

 timber thereon or the timber cut. 



Nurseries. No state nurseries established as yet. 



Other Activities of State. The recent enactment of the law establishing the 

 Forestry Commission has permitted only a general survey of the State's 

 forest resources and only a general plan of administration. Encouragement 

 of farm forestry and a survey of the State's resources among first 

 activity contemplated. Law authorizes the Governor to accept gifts of 

 land to the State to be administered as State Forests by the Commission. 

 State Forester gives forestry instruction at the Alabama Polytechnic Insti- 

 tute and the University of Alabama. Commission consists of the Governor, 

 the Commissioner of Conservation, three practical lumbermen who are 

 owners of timberland and engaged in manufacture, and two land-own- 

 ing farmers. 



ARIZONA 



No State Forestry Department 



Land Area of State. 72,838,400 acres. 



Original Forested Area. 16,320,000 acres. 



Present Forest Area. 15,200,000 acres. 



Idle or Unproductive Forest Land. 250,000 acres. 



Timber Stand. 18,000,000,000 board feet. 



State Forests. None. 



National Forests within State. 1 1,204,304 acres. 



