A NATIONAL PLAN FOR AMERICAN FORESTRY 



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of acreage as shown in need of protection from all types of damage is 

 not in itself a true and complete index of the amount of State aid 

 which it would be proper for the regions to provide. The costs per 

 acre of forestry work, particularly fire protection, varies very ma- 



PRIVATE FOREST LAND 



EXPENDITURES 



N. ROCKY MOUNTAIN 



S. ROCKY MOUNTAIN 



25 

 MILLION ACRES 



Private Area 

 Needing Protection 



State Aid 



MILLION DOLLARS 



I;!;!:!:!:.:-:'-!. 1 . : I Private 



i 1 Expenditures 



(Fire protection only) 



FIGURE 2. Regional summary of State aid in forestry extended annually to private owners for all char- 

 acters of projects, and private expenditures reported by States for fire protection, compared with 

 privately owned area needing fire protection. 



terially between the different regions, and cost rather than acreage is 

 the true standard of comparison. 



ANALYSIS OF STATE AID BY REGIONS 

 NEW ENGLAND REGION 



The New England region comprises the States of Maine, New 

 Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. 

 The total State aid, including county and town expenditures, in this 

 region is listed in table 4. 



State aid extended owners in this region amounts to 30.2 percent 

 of all State aid extended in the United States and ranks first among 

 regional expenditures. 



