1574 A NATIONAL PLAN FOE AMERICAN FORESTRY 



visaged would administer the contributed funds in such a way as to 

 correlate and coordinate disbursements, according to the gradual 

 elaboration of plans based upon intensive cooperative researches. 

 The National Academy report recommends not 



the creation of a single, large, isolated research institute, but rather the develop- 

 ment ultimately of several smaller research units which should be located in 

 university centers and affiliated more or less informally with existing scientific 

 departments. 



Either one of these two plans, or any combination or alternative 

 offering corresponding advantages, would constitute a tremendous 

 advance in furnishing the information so badly needed in the manage- 

 ment of our forests. In one form or another such a concentrated 

 attack on the fundamental problems of forestry should go forward. 

 It would afford the means for rounding out and stimulating the forest- 

 research effort of all agencies. With the highly competent personnel, 

 the field stations, experimental forests, and laboratories that would 

 be required, a program of this nature could hardly be adequately 

 financed without an annual income of at least $1,000,000. 



With a reasonable increase in the forest-research activities of the 

 various existing scientific institutions, arboreta, and botanical gar- 

 dens, it is estimated that an adequate total annual expenditure by 

 all institutions would be in the neighborhood of $1,500,000. 



The funds at present spent on forest research at endowed educa- 

 tional institutions are estimated to total $120,000 a year, divided 

 equally between organized forest schools and other university 

 departments. 



Like the State forest schools and agricultural colleges, these insti- 

 tutions are highly appropriate centers for forest research covering a 

 wide field of subjects. Present expenditures for forest research are 

 far below what appears to be their full opportunity for service. It is 

 reasonable to set up, as an estimate for future expansion, a figure 3 or 

 4 times as large. An annual expenditure amounting to $500,000 

 would represent more completely the research potentialities of these 

 schools. 



For all the private or quasi-public agencies considered in the pre- 

 vious discussion the suggested future forest-research program would 

 involve the following expenditures: 



Industries $3, 500, 000 



Scientific institutions and arboreta 1, 500, 000 



Forest schools and other departments of endowed universities 500, 000 



Total.. 5, 500, 000 



