THE PROGRAMS SUMMARIZED AS TO RESPONSIBILITY: COSTS, 

 FINANCING, AND NEEDED LEGISLATION 



By PAUL H. ROBERTS, Administrative Officer, Branch of Research; WILLIS M. 

 BAKER, Director, Central States Forest Experiment Station; S. B. SHOW, 

 Regional Forester, California National Forest Region; E. L. DEMMON, Direc- 

 tor, Southern Forest Experiment Station; and I. F. ELDREDGE, Principal 

 Forest Economist, Southern Forest Experiment Station 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1587 



The responsibility for forestry 1589 



The private owner's part 1594 



Responsibilities 1594 



Action required 1596 



Costs and returns 1597 



Financing the private owner 1597 



The part of quasi-public institutions in forestry 1598 



The part of the State and local governments 1599 



Responsibility of the State 1600 



The State forestry program 1600 



The part of the Federal Government 1609 



The Federal Government's responsibility 1609 



Bureau of Fisheries (Department of Commerce) 1611 



National Park Service (Department of the Interior) 1611 



Indian Service (Department of the Interior) 1612 



Biological Survey (Department of Agriculture) 1612 



Bureau of Plant Industry (Department of Agriculture) 1613 



Bureau of Entomology (Department of Agriculture) 1614 



Bureau of Plant Quarantine (Department of Agriculture) 1614 



Weather Bureau (Department of Agriculture) 1614 



Forest Service (Department of Agriculture) 1615 



Summary of estimated Federal expenditures 1627 



Summary of legislation needed for the Federal program 1631 



Financing the program 1632 



Financing of capital expenditures 



Financing current expenditures 



The offsets to Treasury drain 1635 



Other sources of Treasury income 1636 



INTRODUCTION 



During the last century, the forests of the United States have 

 supported industries whose products were valued at close to 

 $100,000,000,000. Forest products have been indispensable in the 

 development of our mines and the construction and operation of our 

 railroads and shipping. They have contributed many billions toward 

 maintaining a favorable balance of international trade. They have 

 housed a large part of the Nation. Forest industries have afforded 

 a livelihood to millions of individuals and have sustained many 

 thousands of communities. Streams from forest-covered watersheds 

 have given value to millions of acres of irrigated farms and to 

 numerous hydroelectric plants. They have supplied the water for 

 drinking, for sanitation, and for fire protection, without which most 

 of our cities and villages could not exist. In short, our natural forest 



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