8 A NATIONAL PLAN FOR AMERICAN FORESTRY 



have planted about 1.2 million acres and are adding to this at the rate 

 of about 50,000 acres annually. 



Great credit is due to the group of private owners who have 

 pioneered in forest management on their own lands. 



Research expenditures by private owners reach about $2,500,000 

 annually. Pulp and paper manufacturers are responsible for four 

 fifths of the total and concentrate their efforts largely on manufactur- 

 ing technique to insure uniformity of product. It may be much more 

 than a coincidence that the wood products on which most research 

 is being done are also those on which the use is increasing rapidly. 

 Practically the entire expenditure for research deals with tne utiliza- 

 tion of forest products. 



Total expenditures by private owners probably therefore total some- 

 what over $5,000,000, half of which is for research. 



THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OTHER AGENCIES 



Scientific organizations and forestry and conservation associations 

 have exerted an important influence as leaders in the development of 

 public-forest policies and the awakening of public sentiment. 



The American Association for the Advancement of Science initiated 

 the movement which started forestry as an organized and permanent 

 activity in the United States Department of Agriculture in 1876. 

 This association was active also in obtaining the passage of the act 

 of 1891 which authorized the setting aside of the " forest reserves" 

 from the public domain. 



A committee of the National Academy of Sciences formulated the 

 recommendation which was the basis for the act of 1897 providing 

 for the administration of the " forest reserves." 



The American Forestry Association since its organization in 1875, 

 and the American Tree Association since 1922, have played a very 

 large part in arousing and organizing public sentiment in support 

 of Federal and State legislation. So also have numerous State 

 forestry associations, among which the Minnesota, Colorado, Penn- 

 sylvania, and Massachusetts associations and several in southern 

 California are or have been notable. Among other activities the 

 Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests has for years 

 aggressively supported Federal acquisition of forest land. Regional 

 associations, including the Western Forestry and Conservation Asso- 

 ciation, the Southern, and more recently the Central States Forestry 

 Congresses have performed similar services. 



Several endowed research institutions include forest research of a 

 fundamental character in their field of work and are now expending 

 about $230,000 annually. 



The endowed forest schools, although limited in number, have 

 exercised a pronounced leadership in both education and the national 

 development of forestry. 



PROGRESS IN SUM 



Progress in American forestry to date has put approximately 110 

 million acres under conscious effort other than fire protection to pro- 

 long the productivity of the forest for timber growing. Perhaps 30 

 million acres of the total is under fairly intensive timber-manage- 

 ment plans and twice as much more under more general plans, the 

 outstanding feature of which is sustained yield. 



