A NATIONAL PLAN FOB AMERICAN FORESTEY 1313 



special uses. Proposed per-acre costs are 0.04 cent higher than pre- 

 sent costs, involving an increase of $64,000 in the annual appropria- 

 tions for this activity for an indeterminate period. These costs do 

 not provide for additional work under any enlarged program of 

 acquisition. If any plan for extensive purchase of lands for national 

 forests is undertaken, additional appropriations will be needed for 

 the current item considered above. 



IMPROVEMENTS 



This item includes expenditures for general miscellaneous improve- 

 ments, development roads, trails, and such parts of forest highway 

 appropriations as are chargeable directly to the development of the 

 national forests. Roads, trails, buildings, telephone lines, pastures, 

 and other physical improvements are the tools for adequate adminis- 

 tration, sound development, and proper utilization of the numerous 

 forest resources. Good transportation systems on a national forest 

 will give opportunity for closer administration, for increasing sales of 

 mature timber, for better cultural treatment, and for the better dis- 

 posal of unused forage and other products or services. Expenditures 

 for stream improvement either to control erosion or to facilitate trans- 

 portation of forest products are not included. 



In the proposed increase over present expenditures for improve- 

 ments of 1.017 cents per acre, miscellaneous improvements are depre- 

 ciated at 10 to 20 years and roads and trails at 40 years. Appro- 

 priations in the past for the development of roads, trails, miscellaneous 

 improvements, and forest highways have varied considerably in 

 amount, because of special unemployment relief funds made available 

 for these purposes. The program recommended for this work will 

 insure the completion of the essential transportation, communication, 

 and physical improvement systems as far as can now be foreseen. 

 The new annual appropriations recommended are : 



Development roads (to continue for 10 years) $1, 500, 000 



Trails (to continue for 10 years) 40, 000 



Miscellaneous improvements (to continue for 5 years) 300, 000 



Forest highways (to continue for 10 years) 3, 300, 000 



Only part of the forest highway expenditures contribute directly 

 to forest development, a part is for community service in the States 

 where the national forests are located. 



SUMMARY OF NEEDED INCREASES FOR PRESENT AREAS 



A summary of additional needs over and above present appropria- 

 tions to cover an immediate program for the existing national forests 

 is given below. These appropriations are annual and continuing 

 unless otherwise shown. 



Protection: 



Fire roads and trails (for 10 years) 1 $3, 700, 000 



Improvements (for 5 years) 780, 0000 



Man power (progressively from $80,000 in 1933 to $625,000 



and to continue at that rate annually) 625, 000 



Insects 100,000 



Disease (5-year program) 2 1, 700, 000 



1 Fire roads and trails. The amount is the new annual total recommended. 



2 The amount needed annually is $2,000,000 from which has been deducted an average expenditure of 

 $300,000. 



