1200 A NATIONAL- PLAN FOR AMERICAN FORESTRY 



lands. Such State expenditures are therefore not included in this 

 report. Many private owners in these States provide funds for the 

 protection of their forest properties in cooperation with the Federal 

 Government under the Clarke-McNary law, the States themselves 

 not sharing in this phase of the work. 



TABLE 8. Annual State aid to private owners in North Rocky Mountain region, 



by projects 



Planting. Both States cooperate with the Federal Government in 

 planting, and during the calendar year 1931 they spent $6,349 of State 

 money under this head as an aid to farmers. Montana is doing the 

 larger share. In 1931 the two States distributed a total of 467,600 

 trees, of which all but 32,500 went to farmers. Planting projects and 

 nursery production have been increasing there during recent years. 



Research. The State of Idaho regularly allots State funds to the 

 University of Idaho Forest School for forest research. The amount 

 of $12,000 represents the portion falling within the scope of this 

 report. Research in forest products, pathology, and slash disposal 

 has been conducted which is for the benefit of private owners. 

 Montana forest research activities are estimated at $1,000 annually. 

 The studies there are conducted by technical forestry employees of 

 the State. 



Legislation. Idaho owns some 452,000 acres of State forest, and 

 sales of timber, grazing leases, cottage and camp sites, etc., brought 

 in $135,499 last year. State forest sales funds are held in a trust fund 

 for educational work within the State. Idaho has a reforestation law 

 similar in principle to those of Oregon and Washington which may be 

 considered a form of State aid to private owners. In Idaho the 

 application of the reforestation law is left to the option of the private 

 owner and only a relatively small amount of interest has thus far been 

 manifested in the listing of lands. Only 53,371 acres of private 

 land has been listed. 



SOUTH ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION 



The South Rocky Mountain Region includes the States of Arizona, 

 Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming. 

 All except Arizona and South Dakota provide some form of State aid 

 in forestry to private owners. Annual expenditures for such aid are 

 given in table 9. 



Fire protection. State aid in fire protection is extended only in 

 New Mexico and Nevada. State funds for fire protection are made 

 available in South Dakota but are used primarily for the protection 

 of the Ouster State Park. In Utah and Arizona the acreage of 

 privately owned lands is small, and, since such areas largely lie 

 adjacent to or within the national forests, protection from fire is 

 provided by the Federal Government. 



