PART V 

 FORESTRY IN THE NEW GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS 



CHAPTER XXI 

 GENERAL 



Shortly after his inauguration on March 4, 1933, President Franklin 

 D. Roosevelt began the formulation and organization of many im- 

 portant conservation programs which have immeasurably advanced 

 the cause of forestry throughout the country and have generally en- 

 joyed widespread public approval. Many of these programs are 

 directly connected with the unemployment relief situation to fit the 

 economic requirements of the time. Social relief has been combined 

 with the development and expansion of our forest resources. These 

 have succeeded definitely in relieving the serious unemployment situa- 

 tion and also have contributed in a very substantial way to the up- 

 building, development, and extension of our forest resources. These 

 administrative enactments under presidential guidance described later 

 have already resulted in the following improvements of our forest 

 conditions generally. 



1. Increased stimulus to reforestation by planting millions of trees 

 on submarginal and abandoned farmlands, burned, idle, and eroded 

 areas in National and State Forests as well as on privately owned land 

 under the guidance of or in cooperation with federal, state, and local 

 agencies. Planting on state and federal lands amounted to 164 mil- 

 lion trees in 1934. 



2. The further reduction of serious hazards in our forests from 

 fire damage as well as serious depredation from tree insects and 

 diseases. 



3. The improvement of the general growing conditions of our young 

 and immature stands of timber, chiefly in our National and State 

 Forests, by weeding, thinning, improvement cuttings, and pruning. 



4. A marked increase in the areas of National and State Forests 

 as well as in State Parks as a result of the interest in our public 



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