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Other Activities. State Forester carrying on an active campaign of public 

 education to Connecticut's position of dependence for forest products in 

 contrast with former self-sufficiency. Reforesting of State lands going 

 forward. 



DELAWARE 



No State Forestry Organization. Elaborate law passed in 1909 creat- 

 ing a State Department but never operative because of lack of 

 appropriation. This law repealed in 1921 giving the State Board 

 of Agriculture power to act to conserve the forests and make 

 rules and regulations it considers necessary. 



Land Area of State. 1,257,600 acres. 



Original Forested Area. 960,000 acres. 



Present Forest Area. 320,000 acres. 



Idle or Unproductive Forest Land. 20,000 acres. 



Timber Stand. 270,000,000 board feet. 



State Forests. None. 



National Forests within State. None. 



Other Publicly-owned Forest Area. None. 



Average Annual Lumber Production. 14,000,000 board feet. 



Average Annual Consumption. Unavailable. 



Last Annual Appropriation for Forestry, None. 



No state forest fire protective system. 



No special forest taxation laws. 



No state nurseries. 



FLORIDA 



No State Forestry Department 



Land Area of State. 35,111,040 acres. 



Original Forested Area. 28,800,000 acres. 



Present Forest Area. 16,000,000 acres. 



Idle or Unproductive Forest Land. 5,300,000 acres, cut-over and not restocking. 



Timber Stand. 48,400,000,000 board feet. 



State Forests. None. 



National Forests within State. 337,938 acres. 



Other Publicly-owned Forest Land. 1920 acres in State Parks. 



Average Annual Lumber Production. 1,420,000,000 board feet. 



Average Annual Consumption. Unavailable. 



Last Annual Appropriation for Forestry. None. 



No state forest fire protective system, although statutes provide a law without 

 adequate enforcing agency. Game and fish wardens charged with checking 

 carelessness with fires by sportsmen. Interests of timber land owners and 

 grazing land users conflict. 



No special forest taxation laws but cut-over lands are taxed at a low rate. 



No state forest nurseries. 



Sentiment in State mobilized in favor of State Department. 



