254 THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY 



eludes not only soil erosion and general forest conditions but also the 

 conditions of the inhabitants and their relationship to possible future 

 forest development. The study of third-degree intensity is that of 

 lands which are or will be owned immediately surrounding Norris 

 Lake, totaling approximately 100,000 acres. On this area, an intensive 

 detailed study has been made of such factors as forest cover, slopes, 

 land use of both a present and potential nature, location of roads and 

 trails, and of all other points of interest, and the information has 

 been incorporated on a series of maps. This study is so thorough 

 that it is quite comparable to the detailed maps used by European 

 foresters in the intensive management of their forests. It is planned 

 to use the data so obtained to set up a completely comprehensive 

 forest economy on the Tennessee Valley Authority lands around Norris 

 Lake, coordinating all natural resources, to be handled on a sustained 

 yield basis, with permanent part-time and full-time forest workers 

 living on or adjacent to the lands. A fourth and very intensive study 

 has been made in cooperation with the geographers of the Authority 

 in sampling the conditions found in one of the counties of eastern 

 Tennessee. Under this plan, all lands are carefully examined on areas 

 as small as five acres in extent. An effort is made to secure the most 

 minute details to fit in and to be integrated with the other divisions 

 of the larger plan. The objective is to create a complete land use 

 program for the entire region. This fourth study is in counties where 

 the forestry division activities are limited almost exclusively to farm 

 woodlands and the smaller erosion control areas. 



