1546 A NATIONAL PLAN FOE AMERICAN FORESTRY 



(26) Elimination of objectionable private developments, by the 

 State police power when possible. 



OUTING AREAS 



(Tracts of land on which one can get away from the sounds of the highway and 

 which have not been severely injured scenically) 



(27) Determination of what fraction of the area required for 

 ordinary forest outings may be managed at the same time for timber 

 production and what fraction is likely to receive such heavy recrea- 

 tional use that it cannot be allowed to receive, even for a few decades, 

 the scenic injury which the very best forestry practice generally 

 brings for at least a limited period. 



(28) Special reservation of those public lands which cannot be 

 spared from recreational use for even a fraction of a rotation. 



(29) Public purchase or acceptance as gifts of those private lands 

 which cannot be spared from recreational use for even a fraction of a 

 rotation. 



(30) The practice of sustained-yield forestry on the bulk of the 

 forest lands which will be available for both commodity production 

 and recreational use if their productivity is maintained. 



(31) Construction of roads to make new outing areas readily 

 accessible to the public. 



(32) Trail developments to obtain the maximum use from the 



outing areas. 



LEGISLATION REQUIRED 



(1) Appropriations by Federal, State, and local governments for 

 purchase of lands now in private ownership which are needed to 

 round out recreational holdings. 



(2) Appropriations by Federal, State, and local governments for 

 development and regulation of camp-site areas. 



(3) Adequate appropriations to protect the recreational areas from 

 serious injury by fire, insects, and fungi. 



(4) Special authorization by Congress of the use of funds for 

 developing and safeguarding the recreational, educational, and 

 inspirational values of the national forests. 



(5) Congressional sanction for barring airplanes from Federal 

 wilderness areas. 



AREA NEEDED PRIMARILY FOR RECREATION 



The area which will probably be needed primarily for forest recrea- 

 tion may be roughly summarized as follows : 



Acres 



Superlative areas 3, 000, 000 



Primeval areas 9, 500, 000 



Wilderness areas _ 10,000, 000 



Roadside areas 4, 000, 000 



Camp-site areas 1, 500, 000 



Residence areas 6, 000, 000 



Outing areas - 11,000,000 



Total.. _. 45,000,000 



Already 11 million of these 45 million acres have been withdrawn 

 from timber use, leaving 34 million acres still to be reserved. 



