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A NATIONAL PLAN FOB AMERICAN FORESTRY 



resources of the national forests will necessarily be of a continuing 

 character. The estimated needed increase in annual expenditures 

 for this purpose is $153,000. 



Legislation needed to establish and protect the recreational re- 

 sources of the national forests includes : 



(1) Legal recognition of recreation as a national forest resource 

 to be developed. 



(2) Authorization for the development and regulation of camp- 

 site areas. 



(3) Amendment to present legislation to allow granting of term 

 permits for areas up to 80 acres. The present limitation is 5 acres. 



All of the legislation concerning recreation needs is embodied in a 

 bill (H.R. 58) introduced in the House of Representatives March 9, 

 1933, and now pending before the Seventy-third Congress. 



LANDS 



Expansion of the present organization is needed to handle ade- 

 quately the proposed program for acquisition of forest land, and for 

 management of commercial national forest land uses. The work will 

 be continuing in character. The needed increases over present annual 

 expenditures is estimated at $64,000. 



MISCELLANEOUS IMPROVEMENTS 



Construction of additional forest-development roads and trails, 

 such parts of the forest highway program as are chargeable to the 

 development of the national forests, telephone lines, structures, 

 pastures, and other improvements are all needed for adequate national 

 forest administration and management. 



Road and trail construction and forest highways chargeable to the 

 national forests are programmed for 10 years, at an estimated increased 

 annual expenditure of $4,840,000. Other improvements are pro- 

 grammed for 5 years, and are estimated to require an increased 

 annual expenditure of $300,000. 



ESTIMATED AVERAGE ANNUAL EXPENDITURES NEEDED 



Expenditures for the fiscal year 1933 will amount to approximately 

 $7,384,275 for the current management of the national-forest proper- 

 ties, and $12,036,689 for capital investments. The program of 

 administration and management for existing national forests proposed 

 in the preceding paragraphs on a 20-year basis will require estimated 

 average annual expenditures by 5-year periods as shown in table 5. 



TABLE 5. Estimated average annual expenditures for administration and manage- 

 ment 



1 Capital investment includes $3,300,000 forest highway considered as a direct charge to the national 

 forests. 



2 The decrease in capital expenditures after the second 5-year period is due to the fact that most of the large 

 construction and betterment projects are scheduled during the first 10-year period. 



