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of timber management are substantially the same as on the national 

 forests. Fire control has been seriously handicapped by lack of ade- 

 quate funds. Steps have been taken to correct the serious overgrazing 

 which has been practiced on some reservations. The indeterminate 

 status of Indian lands, discussed in the section of this report entitled 

 "The Indian Forests", is chiefly responsible for defects in manage- 

 ment. As is shown by table 5, of the 15 million acres of Indian forest 

 land nearly 70 percent is classified as having high watershed influence. 



TABLE 5. Watershed-protective influence of forests on Indian lands 



i This figure includes some 6,772,000 acres of noncommercial forest, mostly of the pinon-juniper type in 

 Arizona and New Mexico. 



NATIONAL PARKS AND NATIONAL MONUMENTS 



National parks and monuments are generally handled in a way that 

 meets watershed requirements. Commercial use of all kinds is 

 greatly restricted, and in only a very slight degree is this regulated 

 use at variance with best watershed-protection practices. Grazing 

 is gradually being excluded. Commercial cutting is entirely ex- 

 cluded. Fire protection in most of the parks is now of about the 

 same standard as that on the national forests. More than 90 percent 

 of about 4)2 million acres of land in national parks and monuments 

 has major or moderate watershed influence, as is shown in table 6. 

 Watershed conditions on these lands are good and are rapidly im- 

 proving. 



TABLE 6. Watershed-protective influence of forests on national park and monu- 

 ment lands 



