A NATIONAL PLAN FOE AMERICAN FORESTRY 577 



Although the act of June 2, 1930, authorizes an appropriation of 

 $3,000,000 for acquisition for the fiscal year 1933, the actual appro- 

 priation was reduced to $200,000 as a part of the economy program. 

 This sum is barely enough to complete unfinished business and permit 

 the retention of part of the highly specialized and skilled year-long 

 organization pending resumption of purchases. As soon as the 

 Government's financial situation permits, purchase funds should be 

 restored at the annual rate of not less than $3,000,000. 



When the present specific purchase program is completed, the total 

 Federal forest holdings in the States concerned will be only 4.42 

 percent of all the forest land in these States. There are many indi- 

 cations that the Federal participation in forest-land ownership should 

 be materially expanded, particularly in the eastern part of the 

 United States. Of late proposals have been made that the purchase 

 of lands bearing mature timber should be undertaken on a large scale 

 as one means of decelerating the overliquidation of private stumpage, 

 with its adverse effects on both the national timber supply and regional 

 economic situations. The possible ultimate extent and character 

 of Federal ownership is discussed in the section, "The Probable Fu- 

 ture Distribution of Forest-land Ownership." 



There is every indication that Federal ownership of forest lands 

 will be substantially increased by gift from private owners. The 

 Clarke-McNary Act provides for acceptance by the Federal Govern- 

 ment of lands donated for national-forest purposes, with reservation 

 by the owner of timber-cutting rights for a reasonable period if he so 

 desires. One such gift involving 100,000 acres, mostly cut-over, in 

 Idaho has just been accepted; another of a smaller tract in California. 

 Much more of this form of acquisition is expected to follow in the 

 near future as a part of the breakdown of private forest-land owner- 

 ship. 



MANAGEMENT AND USE OF THE RESOURCES OF THE 

 NATIONAL FORESTS 



THE PRINCIPLE AND PRACTICE OF CORRELATED USE UNDER 



UNIFIED CONTROL 



The central thought in the management and use of the resources 

 of the national forests is to so adjust one use to the other that the 

 greatest net public benefit will result to obtain the greatest total 

 of crops, uses, and services. Where necessary the attainable maxi- 

 mum of any one of these can be relinquished if the grand total of 

 public values is thereby increased. Where one use must be exclu- 

 sive, the highest use in the public interest is given the right of way. 

 Where two or more uses can occupy a given area with some conces- 

 sion by each, a suitable compromise is effected. Thus, in the first 

 case, where recreational use would incur risk of pollution of a city 

 water supply, it is excluded from the watershed; where public use 

 would create an unacceptable risk on an area of unusual fire hazard 

 on which a new tree crop is being fostered, the public is excluded 

 during the fire season ; where a water-power development would destroy 

 or seriously impair the recreational or aesthetic value of a lake, it is 

 excluded if the latter values are held to be paramount in the public 

 interest. In the second case, timber cutting is usually permitted 

 on watersheds, but so regulated as to avoid impairment of the water- 



