A NATIONAL PLAN FOR AMERICAN FORESTRY 



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TIMBER CUTTING 



Timber-cutting practice must be improved at least to the extent 

 necessary to stop forest devastation. The requirements for the 

 several forest types are set forth in the section entitled "How to Stop 

 Forest Devastation." In general this will mean the adoption, to 

 some degree, of the selective logging system. In many instances it 

 will not decrease the profits of the operation. While this minimum 

 requirement of forestry practice will not insure acceptable future 

 timber yields, it will in most instances prevent erosion and have a 

 measurable effect in establishing improved conditions of water flow. 



REFORESTATION 



Trees must be planted on 11 million acres of forest lands and sub- 

 marginal agricultural lands where conditions are critical. This will 

 lead not only to improved watershed conditions but to production of 

 needed additional supplies of wood. ^ Most of the lands that should be 

 planted are now in private ownership. The program for planting is 

 fully discussed in the section of this report entitled "Reforestation of 

 Barren and Unproductive Land." Table 9 gives the approximate 

 acreage that should be planted for watershed protection. 



TABLE 9. Areas proposed for public acquisition, and areas requiring restoration 

 of cover, for watershed protection 



GRAZING MANAGEMENT 



Grazing management must be improved, particularly on private 

 lands, and must be introduced on public lands now unmanaged. On 

 forest lands in the East (particularly farm woodlands) and range 

 lands in the West (both private and unmanaged public) where im- 

 proper grazing use has resulted and is resulting in widespread erosion 

 and increased run-off, management practices must be applied that 

 will not only stop deterioration but permit the vegetative cover to 



