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in the public domain and the remaining 112,000,000 would be ac- 

 quired by purchase as follows: 



1,500,000 in New England. 



1,500,000 in the Middle Atlantic States. 

 11,000,000 in the Lake States. 

 15,000,000 in the South. 



5,000,000 in the West. 



New England 



Middle Atlantic. 



Lake 



Central .. 



South 



Pacific Coast 



N. Rocky Mt 



S. Rocky Mt 



All Regions.. 



30 60 



90 120 150 180 

 Million Acres 



Industrial 



Farm 

 Woodland 



National 

 Forest 



210 240 270 



Other 

 Public 



FIG. 139. Ownership of forest lands by regions. 



This program is roughly estimated to cost $500,000,000 for the Fed- 

 eral Government and $250,000,000 for the states, to be allocated over 

 a period of 20 years. 



Of the 52,000,000 acres of agricultural land now available through 

 abandonment or otherwise, for forests, 31,000,000 acres are included 

 in this program of public forest acquisition. 



Many authorities believe that both the Federal Government and 

 the states should acquire considerable additional areas. However, it 

 is also widely held that our forests should not be owned almost ex- 



