CONTENTS OF VOLUMES I AND II 



Letters of transmittal: Page 



From the Secretary of Agriculture v 



From the Forester x 



Major problems and the next big step in American forestry (a summary of 

 the report on S.Res. 175) 



Introduction 81 



Is forestry justified? 85 



The forest land resource 119 



Forest land the basic resource 121 



The agricultural land available for forestry 151 



Timber resources and requirements 171 



Present and potential timber resources 173 



Our national timber requirements 245 



Trends in world wood consumption 279 



Watershed and other services and products of the forests 298 



Watershed and related forest influences 299 



The forest for recreation 463 



Wild life a forest resource 489 



Forest ranges 527 



Minor by-products of the forest 555 



Progress in forestry and existing plans 563 



The national forests 565 



The Indian forests 607 



The national parks and national monuments 633 



Public domain and other Federal forest land 637 



Research in the United States Forest Service, a study in objectives. _ 651 



The progress of forest pathology 695 



The progress in forest entomology 723 



State accomplishments and plans 733 



Community forests 843 



Current forest devastation and deterioration 851 



The breakdown of private forest land ownership 869 



Status and opportunities of private forestry 891 



Privately supported and quasi-public forest research 985 



Public regulation of private forests 993 



Federal and State aid 1051 



Federal financial and other direct aid to the States 1053 



The national forests as a form of Federal aid to the States 1095 



Federal aid in organizing forest credit facilities 1125 



Other Federal forest activities as forms of State aid 11 35 



Public acquisition of private lands as an aid to private forestry 1147 



State aid to private owners and local political units 11 77 



Factors affecting Federal and State aid 1203 



National programs required and the responsibility for them 1229 



The area which can and should be used for forestry 1231 



Future adjustments in land use and ownership 



The probable future distribution of forest land ownership 



Ownership responsibilities, costs, and returns 



A program for direct Federal and State aid 



A possible program for public regulation 1343 



Enlarging the consumption of forest products 



Protection against fire 1395 



Protection against forest insects 



Protection against forest diseases 



How to stop forest devastation 1429 



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