A NATIONAL PLAN FOR AMERICAN FORESTRY 



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ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT OF AREAS PROPOSED 

 EXTENSION OF THE NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 



FOR 



This program assumes that administration and management of 

 acquired lands will begin as soon as the Federal Government assumes 

 ownership. Table 7 shows the estimated average annual expendi- 

 tures for administration and management of the 107,100,000 acres 

 proposed for acquisition east of the plains, and of the 27,100,000 acres 

 in the West, and areas recommended for addition to the national 

 forests from the public domain. The estimated annual expenditure 

 for the above addition from the public domain is $1,038,000, and this 

 figure is included in table 7, which is arranged in four 5-year periods 

 covering the total 20-year program. 



A progressive percentage increase is assumed for capital expendi- 

 tures, beginning at 1 percent in the East for the first year and increas- 

 ing to 8 percent for the fifth and sixth years. Thereafter the capital 

 expenditures are figured at 10 percent until the total of annual ex- 

 penditures reach 100 percent in the thirteenth year. Thereafter, 

 beginning with the sixteenth year an annual allowance is made for 

 replacement, maintenance, and emergencies. 



In the West it is assumed that 5 percent of the total capital expendi- 

 tures will be made the first year, will increase to 25 percent the fifth 

 year, and will be about 10, 10, and 5 percent, respectively, the sixth, 

 seventh, and eighth years. Beginning with the tenth year, an annual 

 allowance of $500,000 is made for replacement, maintenance, and 

 emergencies. 



TABLE 7. Estimated average annual expenditures for administration and manage- 

 ment of proposed additions 1 to national-forest system 



1 Total acquisition program for East, 107,100,000 acres, or 5,355,000 acres per year; total acquisition program 

 for West, 27,100,000, or 1,355,000 acres per year and about 22,179,000 acres of additions from public domain. 



2 Protection for East figured at 5 cents per acre and for double area actually acquired for first 10 years. 

 For West protection figured at 5 cents per acre. Administration for East figured at 5.6 cents per acre and 

 for West at 5 cents per acre for all areas exclusive of public domain. 



3 Total capital investment for eastern acquisition computed at $2 per acre and for West at $1 per acre. 



Under the proposed program current expenditures will progres- 

 sively increase as the acquisition program proceeds. Capital ex- 

 penditures, however, increase rapidly during the first 10 years, and 

 then decline rapidly to an allowance for maintenance and replace- 

 ment. Table 8 is arranged to show the estimated annual expendi- 

 ture for each year of the first 5-year period and the average annual 

 expenditure for the second 5-year period. The expenditures are 

 divided by areas east of the Plains and the West. 



Current expenditures are separated into those for (1) protection, 

 and (2) administration and management. Capital expenditures can- 

 not be satisfactorily divided and are therefore included as a lump 

 sum. 



