In 1962, the Mclntire-Stennis Act 

 facilitated an expansion of forestry re- 

 search defined to include reforestation, 

 woodland and watershed manage- 

 ment, outdoor recreation, wildlife 

 habitat, and wood utilization. During 

 the same period, research on pesticides 

 and environmental protection was be- 

 gun following earlier work in the 1 940s 

 and 1950s on DDT and other com- 

 pounds for crop and livestock protec- 

 tion. Kendall Hall was built in 1970 

 and Nesmith Hall remodelled using 

 funds earmarked by Congress under 

 the Research Facilities Act of 1963, 

 plus other state funds. 



The Sociological and Rural Devel- 

 opment Act (1972) focused attention 

 on the need to help farm families orga- 



nize their resources to improve their 

 conditions materially and socially and 

 to preserve rural social values. 



In 1977 competitive research 

 grants were authorized by Congress 

 for "high priority agricultural research 

 awarded on the basis of competition 

 among scientific research workers ..." 

 In the 1980s the State Experiment 

 Stations began efforts to increase sup- 

 port for basic biology programs. In 

 1985, Congress added $20,000,000 in 

 competitive grants expressly for bio- 

 technology. 



W. M. Collins 

 Professor Emeritus 



D. G. Routley 

 Professor and Editor 



