A NATIONAL PLAN FOB AMERICAN .FORESTRY 



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by 1950. Further abandonment may be offset to a greater or less 

 extent by increased needs for agriculture. 



COMMERCIAL FOREST LAND 



NONCOMMERCIAL FOREST LAND 



DEVASTATED AND POORLY .STOCKED AREA 



TOTAL AREA 



AREA CUT OVER. WTIHOUT ^G^$FOR ^IH^ E YIEI r D S 

 TOTAL AREA NEEDING PROTECTION 



FOREST AREA UNDER SOME LESSER FORM OF MANAGEMENT 



FOREST AREA UNDER NO MANAGEMENT 



TOTAL FO R E ST 



RAN GE 





FOREST RANGE UNDER INTENSIVE MANAGEMENT PLANS 





FOREST RANGE UNDER .SOME LESSER FORM OF MANAGEMENT 



100 



60 40 ZO 



PER CENT 



ZO 4-0 60 8O 

 PER CENT 



100 



FIGURE 11. Public and private ownership and forest activities. The public's share predominates in 

 expenditures, in area under management, area planted, and in the number of trained foresters employed. 

 The private owner's share stands out in area devastated, amount of the yearly cut without conscious 

 regard for future stands, need of protection and lack of it, forest area burned, and absence of management 

 plans on both timber and range lands. 



The total area of agricultural land now available for forestry is, 

 therefore, more than 50 million acres and may reach from 75 to 80 

 million acres by the middle of the century. 



Abandonment seldom results from a single cause. 



