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forest survey is being conducted. This includes an inventory of 

 forest land and timber, an appraisal of present and potential growth, 

 a study of requirements, and the interpretation of them in relation 

 to each other and to other economic factors as a basis for forest poli- 

 cies and programs. The field work has been largely completed in the 

 Pacific Northwest and is being actively conducted in the South and 

 the Lake States where 120 million acres and 55 million acres re- 

 spectively have been covered. The study of the fundamental re- 

 search phases of forest taxation is completed. 



Active studies are also being conducted by the various State For- 

 est services as well as other governmental agencies. At several schools 

 of forestry, some of the faculty members devote all or part of their 

 time to research. Some states and schools have established very suc- 

 cessful research stations, such as at Cloquet, Minnesota; Mont Alto, 

 Pennsylvania; the Yale Forests in Connecticut and New Hampshire; 

 the Duke Forest in North Carolina; the Harvard Forest, at Peter- 

 sham, Massachusetts; the Arnot Forest in connection with Cornell 

 University; the Pack Demonstration Forests in New York and Wash- 

 ington; and the Bates Forest in Maine. They are conducting research 

 in several phases of forestry, particularly as applied to local and 

 regional problems. Many private studies have been conducted by 

 some of the large lumber companies, frequently in cooperation with 

 state or federal agencies. Among these may be mentioned those at 

 Urania and Bogalusa, Louisiana, northern Idaho, and in many sections 

 of the West and Northeast on problems of forest management or 

 utilization, especially in connection with selective logging, reforesta- 

 tion, fire control, and improved utilization practices. 



Several of the schools of forestry have established laboratories in 

 kiln-drying, timber preservation, timber testing, and pulp and paper 

 manufacture, as a part of their school activities, both for research as 

 well as for educational purposes. 



