1198 A NATIONAL PLAN FOR AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Research. During the fiscal year 1932 approximately $15,913 was 

 spent in Arkansas, Georgia, and Texas for activities in forest research 

 of indirect aid to private owners. Expenditures were approximately 

 as follows : 



Arkansas $4,000 



Georgia 11,163 



Texas. _ 750 



Total 15,913 



In Arkansas a forester is employed by the State University pri- 

 marily for forest investigations. Georgia is committed to a coopera- 

 tive research program to ascertain the possibilities of producing 

 newsprint and white paper stock from southern pines. A special 

 State appropriation of $40,000 is made available for 1932 and 1933 

 through the Department of Geology and Forestry in cooperation 

 with the Chemical Foundation, Inc., of New York City. Of this sum 

 $11,163 was spent in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932. The 

 Foundation has set aside $50,000 for this cooperative research project 

 contingent upon State appropriations. In Texas a limited amount of 

 research is performed on the three State forests, but no personnel is 

 engaged for research alone. In several Southern States, State forestry 

 employees contribute services on research projects conducted by the 

 Federal Forest Experiment Station. 



PACIFIC COAST REGION 



The States in this group comprise California, Oregon, and Wash- 

 ington. Annual expenditures for State aid to private owners are as 

 follows : 



Fire protection. State aid in the form of appropriations for fire 

 protection in this region constitues 9.3 percent of the total expendi- 

 ture for such aid in all States. Compulsory patrol laws require 

 private owners to provide fire protection for their forest properties. 

 State funds spent for fire prevention, suppression, fire-law enforce- 

 ment, etc., all aid private owners. Private forest owners are aided 

 to a greater extent when public funds bear a major rather than a 

 minor portion of the total expenditures. In the Pacific Coast States 

 private owners share very materially in providing funds for fire pro- 

 tection and therefore receive a relatively lesser amount of direct 

 financial aid than in those Lake and Eastern States where practically 

 the entire costs of fire protection are borne by the States and Federal 

 Government. 



Planting. These States have not been active in planting and nurs- 

 ery work. The Pacific coast region has been the last one of our 



