150 A NATIONAL PLAN FOR AMERICAN FORESTRY 



area, like the 52 million acres just considered, may be considered as 

 suitable for commercial timber production and for protection purposes. 

 Thus, of gross forest-land acreage there appears to be ample, 

 according to the discussion headed Present and Potential Timber 

 Resources, if it is wisely managed, to meet the ultimate timber- 

 supply needs of the country and at the same time to serve adequately 

 the other major uses. To make these potentialities realities will 

 require constructive programs which will provide for improvement in 

 many phases of forest-land use. 



