A NATIONAL PLAN FOR AMERICAN FORESTRY 1315 



Only the items that apply directly to national forests have been 

 included; items that cover other functional services of the Forest 

 Service, as for example State aid, extension, and general research, 

 have been omitted. The costs broadly segregated are: 



Capital investments $12, 036, 689 



Current charges.. ___ 7,384,275 



Total 19, 420, 964 



This capital investment charge includes an item of $5,905,000 

 appropriated for forest highways, part of which only is of immediate 

 and direct value to national-forest administration. Forest-highway 

 appropriations are made under special acts of Congress to provide 

 for public travel between communities and towns within or adjacent 

 to the national forests and tying in with transcontinental highway 

 systems. The appropriation in 1933 provides about 4.5 cents per 

 acre for current administration and protection. An analysis of the 

 summary of additional needs on page 1313 in comparison with appro- 

 priations for the fiscal year 1933 may illustrate further the differences 

 between current charges and capital investment. 



The average annual increases in current charges up to the end of 

 the tenth year as the proposed program is put into effect will consist 

 of the following: 



Protection $725, 000 



Timber management 215, 000 



Grazing management 50, 000 



Recreation management 253, 000 



Lands management 64, 000 



Total - 1, 307,000 



This total, added to the present appropriations of $7,384,275, would 

 give an average annual expenditure for current work of $8,691,275. 



To get a better comparison of capital investment as included in the 

 fiscal year 1933 appropriation and the proposed amounts, the forest 

 highway appropriation is excluded, since unlike the other items, it 

 has another special service feature and is not solely a direct expendi- 

 ture for protection and improvements on the national forests. The 

 fiscal year 1933 appropriations show a capital investment expenditure 

 minus the forest highway item of $6,131,689. The increases needed, 

 exclusive of that for forest highways, is estimated at $4,953,000 for 

 the tenth year, making a proposed total capital investment during 

 that year of $11,084,689. This sum of course will progressively and 

 steadily decrease as each step in the program is completed. After 

 the tenth year the total amount needed for capital investment, 

 excluding forest highways, will be $4,465,000. 



Briefly summarized a comparison of present and proposed appro- 

 priations are as follows : 



^Estimated share of total forest highway appropriation chargeable directly to national forests. 



