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Other Publicly-owned Forest Area. 31,130 acres by other political units or 



under Federal land grants. 



Average Annual Lumber Production (1920). 121,196,000 board feet. 

 Average Annual Consumption. Unavailable. 

 Last Annual Appropriation for Forestry. None. 

 No state forest fire protective system. Penalties for firing State or Federal 



Lands. 



No state nurseries. 

 All State lands under Board of Land Commissioners, which classifies them 



them for various uses. 



ARKANSAS 



No State Forestry Department 



Land Area of State. 33,616,000 acres. 



Original Forested Area. 32,000,000 acres. 



Present Forest Area. 22,000,000 acres. 



Idle or Unproductive Forest Land. 1,850,000 acres cut-over and not restocking. 



Timber Stand. 76,200,000,000 board feet. 



State Forests. None. 



National Forests within State. 957,247 acres, including 18,959 under Weeks Law. 



Other Publicly-owned Forest Area. None. 



Average Annual Lumber Production. 1,900,000,000 board feet. 



Average Annual Consumption. Unavailable. 



Last Annual Appropriation for Forestry. None. 



No State protective system against forest fires. Penalties in law for setting 



fire to wooded areas. Railroads liable for causing fires. Enforcement 



difficult. 



No special forest taxation laws. 

 No state nurseries. 

 Active sentiment being aroused among citizens for State Department. Creation 



rejected by Legislature in 1923, but prospects are better for 1925. Forest 



Service carrying on forest fire protection education in State to protect 



National Forests. 



CALIFORNIA 



State Board of Forestry. Created in 1905; amended in 1919. 

 M. B. Pratt, State Forester, Sacramento, California. W. B. Rider, 

 Deputy State Forester. 



Land Area of State. 99,617,280 acres. 



Original Forested Area. 23,000,000 acres. (Estimate.) 



Present Forest Area. 19,196,000 acres in timber and wood lands. 



Idle or Unproductive Forest Land. 3,164,000 acres, about 55 per cent. 



restocking. 



Timber Stand. 216,769,000,000 board feet. 



State Forests. 95,000 acres of State-owned land not handled by State Forester. 

 National Forests within State. 19,181,508 acres. 



