166 THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF WORKING PLANS 



It is obvious that this Part I of the control book is built up 

 from the annual cutting and planting plans. It embodies their 

 essentials in convenient form as a permanent record. It can, of 

 course, be extended to cover all the activities of the forest 

 besides " timber," e.g., grazing. A column for areas can also 

 be added between columns 3 and 4 if desired. 



A separate page is kept for each convenient unit— be it block 

 or compartment, township or section, depending on the needs of 

 the administration. 



All areas cut or planted are to be entered on the map of the 

 forest. 



Part II, the " history " book, contains convenient headings 

 for a general record of the various forest activities. Such are: 



1. Forest survey and boundaries: a running record of the 

 forest surveys made and proposed, be it for timber, grazing, or 

 what not, and of the changes in boundaries and the demarca- 

 tion in the field of the boundaries.* 



2. Methods of cutting and planting: a running record of 

 silvical observations in natural and artificial reproduction. 



3. Forest protection: a running record of all important forest 

 menaces; the method and success of the combat with them. 

 Such are: 



{a) Fire. 

 {h) Storm. 

 {c) Frost. 

 [d) Drought. 

 {e) Fungi. 

 (/) Insects, etc. 



Chapters can be added at will for the other forest activities 

 covered in a forest plan, such as: 



* This may also include the Status Records, that is, records showing the 

 ownership of newly acquired lands. Complete status records will show in detail 

 the chain of title for each parcel of land and also all servitudes and easements 

 attaching to the land. In addition, they usually show the location and extent 

 of all qualified or temporary alienations such as unpatented mineral claims, leased 

 areas, or lands otherwise specifically under permit or afi'ected by outstanding 

 contracts, as for the sale of timber, etc. 



