A NATIONAL PLAN FOR AMERICAN FORESTRY 1631 



SUMMARY OF LEGISLATION NEEDED FOR THE FEDERAL PRO- 

 GRAM 



NATIONAL FOREST LAND ACQUISITION 



Authorization covering a period of not less than 10 years, with an 

 annual authorization of $30,000,000, made available until expended. 

 Stumpage purchases it is estimated would require $10,000,000 of the 

 above amount. It is suggested that a plan might be worked out for 

 the stumpage purchases, whereby the Federal Government would 

 purchase the stumpage but would defer payment for a period not to 

 exceed 20 years, until the stumpage is cut. 



An act to permit exchanges of private lands within 6 miles of the 

 exterior boundaries of any existing national forest. 



Legislative action providing for the addition to the national forests 

 of about 22 million acres of public domain lands. 



ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE NATIONAL FORESTS 



It might be advantageous in financing the management and ad- 

 ministration of the existing and proposed national forests if the 

 program received congressional sanction as a long-term authorization. 

 This plan should be given further consideration. 



Legislation needed to establish and protect the recreational re- 

 sources of the national forests includes the following : 



(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. 



RESEARCH 



Amendment of the McSweeney-McNary Act (45 Stat. 699) to 

 authorize erosion and stream-flow research and to authorize annual 

 appropriations of not less than $500,000. Such legislation has been 

 introduced in the House of Representatives, Seventy-second Congress 

 (H.R. 4608). 



An amendment to the McSweeney-McNary Act (45 Stat. 699) 

 authorizing an increase in annual appropriations for the Forest Survey 

 up to $500,000, and up to $200,000 for keeping data current after the 

 completion of the initial survey. 



Either as an amendment to the McSweeney-McNary Act or as a 

 part of general legislation, to provide for the forest-land phase of land 

 classification and including an annual authorization of not less than 

 $300,000 for this purpose. 



Legislative authority for the establishment of a seed-testing and 

 certification station, and authorization for an annual appropriation 

 of not to exceed $50,000 for this purpose. 



