Areas which are the natural habitat of migratory water-fowl, 

 lowlying and marshy areas which are the breeding grounds for shrimp 

 and other acquatic life, and preserves for deer and other wild 

 animals should be planned for and set aside according to need. Most 

 of these areas will be woodlands or adjacent to woodlands. 



Generally road conditions throughout the Albemarle Area are 

 sufficiently good to aid in getting the harvested forest products 

 to market. What handicaps do exist are usually restricted to the 

 site from which the lumber is taken. Many of these areas are low- 

 lying and wet. Drainage and road buildings are necessary to open 

 them up and to bring them up to their best potential use. 



Perhaps the area where the most progress can be made is in 

 education. The following findings and recommendations were taken 

 from North Carolina Lands by Pomeroy and Yoho and apply directly 

 to the Albemarle Area. 



"1. Less than one-quarter of all owners had growing timber 

 for sale as their major objective. 



2. One-half of the ownerships surveyed received little more 

 than the most rudimentory care. However, the intensity 

 of forest management increased significantly with larger 

 proper tie s . 



3. While three-fifths of the owners had sold timber, only 

 one sale out of four was consumated with any kind of con- 

 trol over the buyer. 



4. Over one-quarter of the sales were made to meet some press- 

 ing financial need." 



These observations indicate some of the basic reasons why pri- 

 vate, nonindus trial forests in North Carolina grow at only one-half 

 their productive capacity and likely limit economic expansion in 

 nearly the same proportion. The situation indicates the need for a 

 three-pronged program: 



"1. Continue present educational measures by all organizations, 

 both private and public, but focus major efforts on the re- 

 latively small number of landowners (l3 percent in the 



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