UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 

 FOREST SERVICE. 



THE NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL. 



AMENDMENT NO. 160 INSTRUCTIONS. 



FEBRUARY 26, 1913. 

 General Administration and Protection Boundaries. The 



Instructions on page 45 are hereby amended by inserting after the 

 word " irrigation," in the third line of the first paragraph of the 

 joint letter of February 7, 1910, the words "water power." This 

 change was approved by the President under date of October 



28, 1912. 



A. F. POTTER, 



Acting Forester. 



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2. Lands wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, or cut- 

 over lands which are more valuable for the production of trees than for 

 agricultural crops, and lands densely stocked with young trees having a 

 prospective value greater than the value of the land for agricultural 

 purposes, should be retained within the National Forests. 



3. Lands not either wholly or in part covered with timber or under- 

 growth, which are located above timber line within the Forest boundary 

 or in small bodies scattered through the Forest making elimination im- 

 practicable, or limited areas which are necessarily included for a proper 

 administrative boundary line, should be retained within the National 

 Forests. 



4. Lands not either wholly or in part covered with timber or under- 

 growth, except as provided for in the preceding paragraphs, upon which 

 it is not expected to grow trees, should be eliminated from the National 

 Forests. 



Creation Restricted in Six States. 



In an amendment to the agricultural appropriation bill approved March 4, 

 1907 (34 Stat, 1256), it is provided that "hereafter no forest reserve shall be 



