A NATIONAL PLAN FOB AMERICAN FORESTRY 



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more favorable for its success than in the past, with increased public 

 aid, and hence with far greater responsibility. 



The ultimate public holdings of forest land, totaling 393 000 000 

 acres, would be divided between the Federal Government and 'the 

 States in about a 3 to 1 ratio. 



On this modified distribution of ownership as a foundation falls 

 the task and the responsibility of building a superstructure of the 



PRIVATE FOREST LAND 



PUBLIC FOREST LAND 



Commercial Forest Land Y-'//\ Noncommercial Forest Land 



PUBLIC EXPENDITURES 

 ON PUBLIC FORESTS 



PUBLIC < 

 AIDTO < 



PRIVATES; 



OWNERS : 



FIGURE 27. The critical lack of balance in ownership and effort on public and private forest land. 



activity programs which constitute an essential part of the national 

 plan. These programs cover the entire range of the management, 

 protection, and administration of the timber, watershed, recreational, 

 wild life, forage, and other resources which make up the forest, and 

 are designed to make the forest meet the objective set up of full 

 economic and social service. 



Resolution 175 lays particular stress on a coordinated plan for 

 meeting the entire forestry problem. That recommended is the 



