A NATIONAL PLAN FOR AMERICAN FORESTRY 



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table an attempt is also made to show the amount of forest land 

 which the States still retain of all the Federal lands granted to them. 

 The policies and programs of States in handling the grants are 

 briefly discussed below. 



TABLE 12. Land and scrip granted to States and Territories for educational and 

 other purposes, 1785 to 1931 



1 Rough estimate. 



2 No data. 



3 Plus 70,000 Eliott State Forest, secured by exchange sec. 16 and 36's. 



4 Represents commercial saw timber stands only. 

 4 Includes area secured by exchange. 



PRESENT STATUS OF AREAS GRANTED TO STATES 



The Alabama Commission of Forestry is making an inventory pur- 

 suant to an act passed by the 1927 legislature. This is a rather long 

 job, since no additional funds have been provided for the work. 

 Much of the land has been diverted from purposes for which granted, 

 and many of the sections 16 have been given away outright. The 

 remnant had not been protected or developed as State forests up to 

 1928, but progress is being made against trespass and larceny and 

 toward insuring that full value is received by the State in case of 

 sale of land or timber. It has been estimated that there may be 

 270,000 acres of forest land in this remnant. 



