MANAGEMENT PLANS — THE NATIONAL FORESTS 19 



(2) MANAGEMENT PLAN 



Objects of naanagement. 

 Silviculture. 



Mctlioils of cuttiiii?. 



Metlicids of brush disposal. 



Methods of logiring. 



Silvicultural studies. 

 Regulation. 



Rotation and cutting cycle. 



Calculation of allnwable cut. 



Regulation policy. 



Sales policy. 



Cutting budget. 

 Administrative correlation. 



Exchanges, grazing. road>. rccreatinnnl u-e, pfc. 



(3) APPENDIX 



Detailed estimates and descriptions by comiinrtments or otlior tniits. 



Stock and stand tables. 



Growth data. 



Regulation calculations and discussion. 



Detailed silvicultural directions by types. 



Lis/^ of existing utilization plants and capacitv of each. 



Maps. 



Miscellaneous. 



Tt lias become cuptomarv in the Forest Service to i^iihinit a very 

 brief .nummary of the plan proper a.< pap:e 1 of the report. Thi.s 

 .summary presents at least the followinf^ information : 



Name of working circle. 

 Ivocation. 



Area — timbererl and nontimbere<l. 

 Stand — composition and merchantable volume. 

 Rotation and cutting cycles. 

 Silvicultural .system to be used, by types. 



Yield — average annual cut and total cut for a .specified pciind. l>y Vdlume 

 and by acres. 



Predicted periodic or annual cut in second cutting cycle. 



In writinff innnafremont-plan reports it should be kept constantly 

 in mind that the objective is to <ri\e the man on (he <:round a clear 

 iinderstandinL'^ of what is to be done with the timber resources. The 

 j>lan pro])er should contain only definite conclusions and is no place 

 for recordin*r observations, conjectures, aro^uments, or discussions. 

 Such matters, if there be any, properly belong in the apixiidix. 



THE CONTROL AND .APPLICATION OF MANAC.KMKNT PLANS 



To put a plan of mana^rement int(» effect in a \v<»rkin:r circle re- 

 (|iiires. (1) that the ])\nu be ju iiiicable, and (2) (hat tlie local force 

 have executive ability. Almost never will a plan be foiuid that can 

 be put into ac(if)n and carried ou( without special ajid sus(ainecl 

 effort on the part of the mana<rin<^' forester and his s(aff. The plan 

 stipplies to these men the necessary «ruidance in much (he same way 

 that the architect's plans and specifications <x'iide the craftsmen whoso 

 skill and energy must be depended u|)on to brin«r (he structure to 

 completion. 



