A NATIONAL PLAN FOR AMERICAN FORESTRY 75 



where necessary in the public interest for the regulation of 

 management. 

 Providing for the equitable taxation of forest land. 



BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 



The most necessary Federal legislation to carry out the programs 

 recommended in the national plan will include 



An authorization bill to put on a long-time program basis 



1. The acquisition program. 



2. The appropriations necessary for the management and 



administration, protection, and development of the 

 existing and proposed national forests, if further con- 

 sideration shows such an authorization to be desirable. 

 Authorizing acquisition of private land through exchange within 



6 miles of the boundaries of the existing national forests. 

 Adding about 22 million acres of public domain to the national 



forests. 



Recognizing recreation as a major national forest use as pro- 

 vided in H.R. 58, Seventy-third Congress. 

 Modifying the McSweeney-McNary Forest Research Act 



1 . Increasing the annual authorization for the Forest Survey 



to $500,000, and including a supplemental authorization 

 of $200,000 for keeping data current after the comple- 

 tion of the initial survey. 



2. By the addition of a section providing for erosion-stream- 



flow investigations with an annual authorization of 

 $500,000. 



3. By the addition of a section providing for work on the 



forest-land phase of land classification, unless it later 

 proves more desirable to provide for it in general land 

 classification legislation; and including an annual au- 

 thorization of from $250,000 to $400,000. 



Modifying the Clarke-McNary Act to authorize Federal ex- 

 penditures, in cooperation with the States, of 



1. Not to exceed $5,000,000 annually in forest-fire cooper- 



ation instead of $2,500,000 as at present. 



2. Not to exceed $350,000 annually to furnish forest tree 



seedlings to all classes of owners instead of the present 

 $100,000 to furnish them only to farmers; also $50,000 

 for a Federal seed testing and certification station. 



3. Not to exceed $250,000 annually instead of $100,000 in 



farm woodlot extension. 



4. Not to exceed $375,000 annually in advice on forest 



management to industrial owners, $150,000 of which 

 would be available for cooperation with the States. 



5. Not to exceed $250,000 in the control of insect attacks. 

 Authorization to the Bureau of Plant Industry, through its 



Blister Rust Division, to cooperate in the control of forest 

 diseases, other than the white pine blister rust. 

 Authorization to the Secretaries of Agriculture and Commerce to 

 provide expert assistance, and to cooperate with other agencies 

 in wild life and fish activities and in developing a Nation-wide 

 program of game conservation. Such legislation is embodied 

 in S. 263, Seventy-second Congress. 



