1618 A NATIONAL PLAN FOR AMERICAN FORESTRY 



progressively to $250,000 the fourth year. It may later be found 

 that as much as $400,000 will be needed. 



Legislation is needed to authorize forest land classification work 

 and to provide funds. Provision may be made either in connection 

 with general classification legislation or as an amendment to the Mc- 

 Sweeney-McNary Act. 



FOREST ECONOMICS 



Forest economics investigations should strike directly at the heart 

 of the baffling economic difficulties which confront the intelligent 

 management of both public and privately owned forest land. They 

 should help to furnish the factual foundation for making forest land 

 use in the broad sense of the term take its proper place in our entire 

 economic and social structure. 



To carry out such a program the appropriation for this work for the 

 fiscal year 1933 of $70,240 should be increased progressively to 

 $250,000 by 1938. Appropriations thereafter .should be increased 

 progressively to $400,000 by 1944. 



FOREST PRODUCTS 



As one means of assuring full land use, forest products must be 

 kept in a position to compete on equal terms with other commodities, 

 and research is necessary to this end. Forest-products research 

 would also be effective in alleviating some of the emergency con- 

 ditions growing out of the depression such as the need for much 

 cheaper houses. Any improvement would be reflected in increased 

 demands for lumber and relief of acute unemployment in communities 

 and regions dependent on the forest industries. 



To meet the needs of this program, appropriations for forest prod- 

 ucts investigations of $613,640 for the fiscal year 1933 should be 

 increased progressively to $1,050,000 by 1938, and to $1,650,000 by 

 1944. 



EXPENDITURES NEEDED FOR ALL FOREST SERVICE RESEARCH 



To cover the classes of forest research indicated and in addition 

 research in forest management for the growing of forest crops and 

 their protection against fire, research in the management and utiliza- 

 tion of forest ranges, and studies of forest taxation and insurance 

 progressive increases from $1,666,750 for the fiscal year 1933 to 

 $3,885,000 by 1938 and to $5,235,000 by 1944 will be needed. 



Since the results of Forest Service research on the broad regional 

 and national forest problems, as well as on the local problems of 

 federally owned and managed lands are of direct benefit to the States 

 and private owners, research constitutes an important form of 

 Federal aid. 



NATIONAL-FOREST ACQUISITION 

 AREA PROPOSED 



The total area recommended for acquisition and addition to the 

 national forests (exclusive of the public domain) is about 134 million 

 acres. This is approximately 60 percent of the forest acquisition 

 program for all public agencies and contemplates the purchase or 

 acquisition by other means of 107 million acres east of the plains and 

 27 million acres in the West over a period of 20 years. Acquisition 

 is recommended at an average annual rate of 5,350,000 acres in the 



