A NATIONAL PLAN FOR AMERICAN FORESTRY 101 9 



to be compensated for losses suffered as a result of restrictions, at the 

 expense of the applicants or other persons benefiting from the restric- 

 tion. Beneficiaries may be required to pay for the construction and 

 maintenance of protection works. Restrictions may not be imposed 

 which will entail a greater loss than the amount of damage that will be 

 prevented. 



A 1922 law provides for the preservation of stands of trees near 

 large cities and health resorts, or in industrial districts. Restrictions 

 will be removed in 1937 if interested municipalities or associations do 

 not lease or purchase the forests by that time. 



New legislation has been under discussion for several years, but has 

 not yet been adopted. This contemplates extension of public control 

 to all private forests, under the general supervision of a special State 

 forest commission assisted by provincial commissions. Working 

 plans would be required for all forests above a given minimum area, 

 clearing without a permit would be prohibited, and reforestation of 

 cut-over land would be obligatory. 



SAXONY 23 



In this State almost half of the forest is privately owned. Three 

 fourths of the private forest is in small units, which for the most part 

 are poorly managed. The average private holding is only 5 hectares 

 in extent. Advance notice of proposed cutting must be given to the 

 State forest service. Certain restrictions are imposed on the cutting 

 of immature timber. Decisions of forest inspectors are subject to 

 review by a central board, which includes representatives of the State 

 forest service and of communal and private forest owners. Bare 

 forest lands must be reforested at an early date, under general super- 

 vision of the State foresters. Intervention in the management of 

 well-kept private forests is not contemplated. 



THURINGIA 24 



About half of the forest in Thuringia is privately owned. The 

 forest law of 1930 requires that all forests, regardless of ownership, 

 must be managed conservatively. For clearing iorest land, permis- 

 sion of the forest authorities must be obtained, and advance notice 

 must be given of any clear cutting in excess of one half hectare (about 

 1% acres), unless it is done under an approved working plan. The 

 owner of a forest over a minimum size to be fixed by the Finance 

 Department must employ a qualified forester and a protective force, 

 or be a member of a silvicultural association, or put his forest under 

 the control of the central agricultural chamber (Hauptlandwirt- 

 schaftskammer). At the owner's request, the State will take over 

 the management and protection of any forest, for a stipulated fee to 

 be paid by the owner. The cutting and sale of timber is left to the 

 owner. Under certain conditions forests may be classified as protec- 

 tion forests, and then their management is subject to a greater degree 

 of public control. 



23 Steger, C. T. (United States vice consul), Manuscript report on law of October 25, 1923. (Dec. 14, 1923.) 

 M Deutsche Forstzeitung 45 : 1119-1120. 1930. 



