240 GENERAL 



There are 69 established purchase areas that is, locations in which 

 the U. S. Forest Service is planning to extend and consolidate its 

 National Forest properties. Among these, 2 are in New England, 14 

 in the northern Lake States, 16 in the southern Appalachian region, 

 24 in the southern pine region, 11 in the Ozark section of Missouri 

 and Arkansas and the Central Mississippi region, and 2 in Puerto 

 Rico. Some of the largest and most important areas acquired have 

 been in southern Missouri, east Texas, central Louisiana, northern and 

 southern Mississippi, southern Illinois, eastern Kentucky, South Caro- 

 lina, North Carolina, northern Michigan, northern Wisconsin, and 

 northern Minnesota. 



