*" 



data fcr our "baso maps, "but we have "boon Tory slow in 

 working this up fnr use, 



Fo new have ono nap ready to print in throo 

 odors, to "bo lithographed* "To aro going to furnish that 

 nap on the scalo of a half inch por milo in sufficient 

 numbers to the Rangers and Forest Officers to make the 

 map actually usa"blo , a thing wo haven't dono to date, 



V7e have for several years "boo A noJring silvicul- 

 tural management plans on the basis of our reconnaissance 

 work, "but those plans aro limited to silvi cultural manage- 

 ment ~ and do not conform to tho present day conception 

 of v/hat a Forest plan should "bo* 



This has "boon followed "by grazing reconnaissance, 

 which is going to give us a similar plan for grazing. 



Tho need has "boon felt most keenly for a general 

 Forest plui to cover administration - to cover the future - 

 embracing ovory activity ofi tho Forest* Yfe r vo got to have 

 such a plan. Supervisors have moro or less definite plans 

 in their heads; wo simply want to put those plans on 

 paper and have then where they will "bo useful not only 

 to the Supervisor "but to his successor. 







TThon the Manual came out wo immediately "began 

 to line up a scheme of working up Forest plans in accord- 

 ance with it* Before our outline was sent to the field 



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