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cutting contracts will state that the 

 logging operator must abide by such 

 instructions as are set up for that pur- 

 pose. The standard practice will be to 

 issue the instructions for a given stream 

 when the plans for the logging of its 

 watershed are drafted. Arrangements 

 have been made for cooperation of the 

 United States Fish and Wildlife Serv- 

 ice in determining what should be done 

 to protect salmon-spawning streams. 



Alaska's fine scenery is also to be con- 

 sidered when the lands to be logged are 

 designated. Large areas of great scenic 

 value are not to be included within the 

 exterior boundaries of the pulp-timber 

 sales. Small scenic areas that cannot be 

 readily excluded from a sale will be 

 reserved from cutting when the logging 

 plans for that locality are drafted. In 

 general, narrow, navigable sea chan- 

 nels, highways, and the recreation sites 

 having special scenic values will be 

 protected by reserved strips or blocks 

 of timber to screen the logged-off land. 



THE RECREATIONAL FEATURES of the 



Tongass National Forest possess an 

 esthetic and an economic value that 

 rates them high in the resource-man- 

 agement plans of the forest. 



The many miles of narrow, navigable 

 waterways flanked with forest-covered 

 slopes, snow-capped mountains, and 

 high waterfalls appeal to the cruising 

 enthusiasm and scenery lover. 



Mountain goats on the high ranges 

 of the mainland, deer on all of the 

 islands, and the famous Alaska brown 

 bear of Baranof, Chichagof, and Ad- 



miralty Islands make this a good hunt- 

 ing country. 



Persons interested in nature studies 

 are attracted here by tidewater glaciers 

 that discharge into the sea, the exposed 

 geologic formations along the almost- 

 vertical walls of the fiords, the chang- 

 ing types of flora between sea level and 

 the summits of the high mountains, and 

 the varied marine life that is uncovered 

 on the beaches at low water by the 

 12-foot to 20-foot tides. 



These important resources timber 

 stands, the commercial salmon fish- 

 eries, scenery, and recreational fea- 

 tures are either of a renewable or 

 nonwasting nature. In this region prac- 

 tically all are now publicly owned and 

 can be safeguarded as necessary to in- 

 sure the perpetuation of the renewable 

 resources and the development or use 

 of the others with adequate considera- 

 tion for the public interest. Under 

 proper management they can be made 

 to contribute generously to the wealth 

 of the United States and the perma- 

 nent economy of the Territory. 



B. FRANK HEINTZLEMAN is regional 

 forester for Alaska, and ex-officio Com- 

 missioner for the Department of Agri- 

 culture for Alaska, with headquarters 

 at Juneau. A native of Pennsylvania 

 and a graduate of the School of For- 

 estry of Yale University, he has been 

 associated with the Forest Service in 

 Alaska since 1918 and has participated 

 in many public- planning activities 

 dealing with the settlement and devel- 

 opment of the Territory. 



THE ADMINISTRATION OF NATIONAL FORESTS 



EARL W. LOVERIDGE 



Our national forests are big, com- 

 plex, varied in the services they render 

 and the land they cover, widely dis- 

 tributed, and diverse in use and pos- 

 sibility. As pertinent as the fact that 

 their exterior boundaries embrace 

 nearly 230 million acres is the fact that 



140 million American citizens own 

 them. The administration of the for- 

 ests has to take into account all those 

 different factors. 



The great area and distribution of 

 the forests is one basic problem of ad- 

 ministering them in the public interest. 



