2. Cut-over lands, with the purpose of insuring the 

 production of lumber and other products and of es- 

 tablishing demonstration areas and centers for Fed- 

 eral cooperation with States and private owners. 



The present Weeks Law program contemplates the 

 purchase of about one million acres in New England 

 and five million acres in the Southern Appalachians. 

 This program should be completed as fast as is com- 

 patible with public financial conditions, and should 

 be extended to include other important areas needed 

 for watershed protection and other general public 

 service. Lands acquired for protective purposes as 

 well as those for lumber production should be dis- 

 tributed through all forest regions of the country. 



The acquisition of cut-over lands by exchange for 

 stumpage would serve to consolidate and block out 

 the National Forests of the West. This principle 

 has already been recognized in several special laws 

 applicable to certain Forests. 



There are still forest lands in the public domain 

 which should be added to the National Forests. There 

 are several million acres of such lands outside of 

 Alaska. The great forests of the interior of Alaska 

 should also be placed under adequate protection and 

 administration. 

 (b) State Forests 



The States should establish public forests, with the 

 same general objectives as the Federal government, 

 and with special reference to the economic and in- 

 dustrial needs within their boundaries. Many western 

 and southern States still own forest lands received 

 from previous grants from the Government; those 



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