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worked out by each of the districts. The outline for the plan 

 of silvicultural management, as worked out in the South- 

 western district, follows: * 



The Method. — The forest management, sales regulations, 

 and systematic silviculture will be carried on by means of: 



1. Card or sheet records by supervisors. 



2. Annual plan by supervisor. 



3. Maps by specialists. 



4. An appendix file by local force. 



5. Preliminary plan by specialists. 



6. Final plans. (Not to be attempted at present.) 



* See " A Proposed Method of Preparing Working Plans for National Forests," 

 J. C. Kircher, For. Quart., Vol. XII, No. 2, pp. 145-157. Also " Development 

 of Silvicultural Working Plans on National Forests in the Southwest," J. C. 

 Kircher, Proc. Soc. .A.m. Fsters., Vol. X, No. 3, pp. 259-262. Also " Forest 

 Service Silviculture Plans," T. S. Woolsey, Jr., Proc. Soc. Am. Fsters., Vol. 

 XI, No. I, pp. 1-16. 



