10:50 ~ T/hat District 3 is doing in tho Preparation of 

 Preliminary Forest Plans.. 



I an nighty glad that Mr.Roclingtcn inrodiatoly 

 procodod no. It soons to no as if tho general tono has 

 "been a little bit pessimistic about tho matter of Forest 

 plans . 



Tho suggestion as giTon on tho programme would 

 so em to indicate that District 3 had made considerable 

 progress in Forest plane - As a mcttor of fact, wo have 

 no reason in District 3 to fool at all smug or complacent 

 about what wo have done. District 3 has, howovor, made 

 Inng strides in collecting preliminary data upon which 

 to base final plans* 



Uow, to traco very briefly what wo have dono in 

 District 3: !7e have concentrated on reconnaissance, by 

 spending as much money as we could in pushing this work. 

 That was dono, of course, with the orpross view of se- 

 curing data for the silvi cultural management of tho stands. 

 The result shows that the most valuable information ?/o 

 have secured is tho splendid, accurate maps secured from 

 intensive reconnaissance. In addition we havo secured a 

 very good idoa of our timber capital; and we have secured 

 maps containing data which will malie it unnooossary for 

 us to go into tho field so frequently. T7e havo got the 



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