A NATIONAL PLAN FOR AMERICAN FORESTRY 1033 



he may have received for the loss. The board is to agree with the 

 owner as to the measures necessary to insure regrowth. In case of 

 failure to agree, the county government may be requested to appoint 

 an investigating committee which will report its recommendations, 

 and if necessary a court may decide the matter. If the required 

 measures are not carried out within the specified period, the board, 

 through its forester and two other persons, in company with the 

 owner, is to make an investigation and, if necessary, to carry out 

 the measures at the owner's expense. The board may also require a 

 deposit to guarantee reforestation where artificial reforestation is 

 likely to be necessary because of the method of cutting. 



At the request of the board, the provincial government may restrict 

 cutting in areas where reproduction is likely to be especially difficult 

 or impossible, may require that seed trees be left, and may empower 

 the board to prescribe measures lor insuring reproduction. It may 

 even require that the board's consent be obtained for any cutting, 

 except for domestic use, and that the timber be marked by the county 

 forester or other person designated by the board. 



With the board's permission, forest land may be cleared for culti- 

 vation, pasture, buildings, etc., if the land is suitable for such use and 

 if the area to be cleared is not unreasonably large. 



Leases or timber-sale agreements may not be made for longer terms 

 than 5 years. 



A special law deals with protection forests, the preservation of 

 which is necessary for protection against landslides and drifting sand. 

 The King, upon recommendation of the local conservation board, may 

 decree that no cutting shall be done in such forests, except for the 

 domestic use of the owner, without a permit from a State forester. 

 Further restrictions may be imposed if necessary. If an owner prefers 

 to give up his land rather than submit to restriction on its use, the 

 State is to buy it. 



There are also special laws applicable to several of the individual 

 provinces. In Vasterbotten and Norrbotten it is forbidden to cut 

 coniferous trees for commercial use that are less than 21 centimeters 

 (8.4 inches) in diameter inside bark, except where orderly manage- 

 ment of the forest requires that such trees be cut. Even then a permit 

 must be obtained from the local forester and he must mark the trees 

 to be cut. The owner has to pay the forester for his time and expenses 

 in making inspections, but not for the cost of marking. Forests may 

 be cleared in order to cultivate the ground, erect buildings, etc., but 

 the wood that is cut may not be sold except with the permission of 

 the forester. 



In Gottland, an owner may not cut any timber (except for his own 

 use or to clear the land for cultivation) without the permission of the 

 conservation board, which may prescribe measures to insure restock- 

 ing. This permission is to be given only after inspection on the ground. 

 The board may carry out reforestation measures at the owner's 

 expense if he fails to do so. If necessary, the King, after a hearing by 

 the county commissioners, may impose restrictions on grazing in 

 order to protect young growth. 



