A NATIONAL PLAN FOR AMERICAN FORESTRY 635 



TABLE 1. National parks as of January 1983 Continued 



i There is a distinction between land forested and that classified as forest land. The total of those areas 

 of national parks classified as forest land is 4,420,000 acres. 



FIRE PROTECTION 



The average national-park area burned over annually during the 

 past 5 years has been 19,072 acres. This represents 0.23 of 1 percent 

 of the present total area of 8,433,423 acres. Practically all of the 

 area burned was forested land. 



The average annual expenditure on fire suppression for the 6 fiscal 

 years 1927-32 has been $95,324. The National Park Service esti- 

 mates the amount needed annually for the next 5 years at $175,180. 

 This includes $63,214 for the current fire-prevention service and 

 maintenance. The remaining $111,966 is required for permanent 

 protection improvements, including trails, lanes, firebreaks, motor- 

 ways, telephone lines, water developments, fire-equipment caches, 

 storehouses, lookout towers and houses, cabins, and barns. These 

 improvements, the National Park Service believes, would make it 

 possible to reduce materially the acreage burned over annually. 



INSECT CONTROL 



National Park Service insect-control activities are discussed in the 

 section of this report entitled " Protection Against Forest Insects." 

 In general the insect-control policy provides for very intensive pro- 

 tection from insect epidemics on areas of high scenic value, heavy 

 use, and unusual fire hazard, and where research is being conducted. 

 The policy appears to be adequate, but the funds now available are 

 insufficient to carry it out. 



NATIONAL MONUMENTS 



The National Park Service, in addition to its management of the 

 national parks, has 38 national monuments under its jurisdiction. 

 These vary in size from less than 10 acres to 2,697,590 acres. Their 

 total area is 4,408,931 acres, of which only a little over 1 million acres 

 is timbered. Practically all of this acreage is contained in the two 

 immense Alaskan monuments, the Katmai and the Glacier Bay. In 

 addition, 18,500 acres is included in the United States proper. 



National monuments may be divided into five classes: (1) Remains 

 of prehistoric civilization, (2) historic relics, (3) geologic examples, 



