A NATIONAL PLAN FOR AMERICAN FORESTRY 1541 



to use, genetic development of range plants, biological relationships, 

 etc., into factors that can be studied and evaluated in an exact way. 

 In order to meet current problems of management, the more imme- 

 diately practical studies, which have largely characterized the work 

 to date, should be continued. Studies of forest range restoration 

 should consider both the possibilities of restoring and maintaining 

 the stand of native forage plants and the possibilities of artificially 

 reseeding areas where natural restoration of native plants would 

 require a very long period. Many economic phases of use of forest 

 ranges and of profitable production of livestock on such ranges will 

 need to be studied intensively and continuously if ever-changing 

 economic conditions are to be met. 



A considerable expansion of the range-research program of Federal 

 and State agencies is well warranted. In the section of this report 

 entitled " Research in the United States Forest Service, a Study in 

 Objectives", a 10-year program for financing research is set up, 

 including the last four years (1935-38 inclusive) of the decade pro- 

 vided for originally by the McSweeney-McNary Act and an additional 

 six years ending with the fiscal year 1944. This 10-year program 

 recommends that appropriations for the range investigations of the 

 Forest Service be increased by an average of $40,000 a year up to 

 1938, in order to meet the McSweeney-McNary Act authorizations 

 of $275,000 yearly. For the period 1939 to 1944, inclusive, it recom- 

 mends annual increases averaging $50,000. There is not much doubt 

 that at the end of this 10-year period there will still be need to expand 

 the research program. 



