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A NATIONAL PLAN FOE AMERICAN FORESTRY 



The section, The Agricultural Land Available for Forestry, states 

 further that, should present trends continue for several decades, 



PRESENT CLASSIFICATION OF FOREST LANDS 

 (IN MILLIONS OF ACRES) 



POSSIBLE STATUS UNDER PLAN TO MEET MINIMUM NEEDS FOR 

 TIMBER AND OTHER PURPOSES (IN MILLIONS OF ACRES) 



I Available -for Timber 

 Production 



POSSIBLE STATUS UNDER PLAN FOR COMPLETE LAND UTILIZATION 

 (IN MILLIONS OF ACRES) 



Available for Timber 

 Production 



FIGURE 1. Present classification and possible future status of lands available for forestry, 669.3 million 



acres. 



another 30 million acres of agricultural land in the East may become 

 available for forestry in the future. On the other hand to meet the 

 ultimate agricultural needs of the country no net decline in agricul- 



