A NATIONAL PLAN FOR AMERICAN FORESTRY 



629 



COST OF FORESTRY WORK 



Table 6 gives the best available data of expenditures for forestry 

 work on Indian reservations by major funds and years since 1910. 

 Forestry is but one j)hase of a complex Indian problem and, as has 

 been stated above, is inextricably intertwined with Bother Indian 

 Service activities. Because of these things, foresters in the Indian 

 Service are called upon to perform many nonforest duties which, in 

 some instances, require an appreciably large amount of their time. 

 While some funds from tribal moneys (mainly the appropriation 

 " Indian Moneys, Proceeds of Labor") have been used for forestry 

 work and are not included in table 6, this amount is equalled if not 

 exceeded by the moneys spent (in wages and other items) on nonforest 

 activities from the forestry funds given in the table. 



TABLE 6. Expenditures for all forestry purposes under annual appropriation 



1 Authorized deductions from timber-sale receipts. 



2 In addition to which there are or have been approximately 10 "at large" employees and 3 or 4 in the 

 Washington Office. 



3 All grazing activities taken over by forestry employees. 



4 Includes $50,000 for emergency employment on construction work (relief legislation) and an additional 

 amount of about $50,000 of deficiency appropriation for forest-fire suppression. 



CONCLUSION 



The approximately 71 million acres of land (being very nearly equal 

 to the combined area of all the New England States and the State of 

 New York) , which are the property of the American Indian and held 

 in trust for him by the United States Government, are of very great 

 importance in the Western States and regions in the timber and live- 

 stock industries. In formulating a national program of wise use of 

 forest and range resources, this large area of Indian land, under the 

 administration of one branch of the Government, is entitled to care- 

 ful consideration. 



Viewed not only from the standpoint of the Indians themselves 

 but in terms of a national-forest and range-land policy, the crux of 



