only through the painstaking work of years, but already the results of 

 better management clearly justify their application. 



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Figure 4. — Forest officer checking weather data for fire-danger. This information enables 

 him to forecast the possibility of forest fires and to make the proper preparations. 



Research or Investigative Work 



Forest research offers an opportunity equal to that of any other 

 activity within the Forest Service for constructive work having a high 

 public-service value. It deals almost entirely with problems of man- 

 aging the various forest resources, work on many of which is barely 

 beginning in the United States. No other phase of forestry offers a 

 more attractive career for men having the creative impulse. 



Primary objectives of the research activities of the Forest Service are 

 to lay the scientific foundation for such management of forest and 

 range lands as will help to insure (1) supplies of timber and other 

 essential forest crops suitable in quality and ample in quantity for 

 national needs; (2) regulation of stream flow; prevention of erosion; 

 furtherance of public health and outdoor recreation; maintenance of 

 fish, game, and other wildlife, climatic and scenic benefits, etc.; (3) 

 forage of the best kind in greatest quantity and the proper utilization 

 of this forage consistent with other objectives; (4) the best and most 

 profitable use of forest land; and (5) proper utilization of wood pro- 

 duced in the forest and the development of new and improved uses 

 of wood. 



The research includes five main classes. Research in forest manage- 

 ment has to do with the growing of timber crops and their manage- 

 ment and protection; that in range management with producing and 

 utilizing forage on natural rangeland; that in forest influences with the 

 effects that forests, brush, and other natural cover have upon water, 

 soil, and climate and the management of this cover in its relation to 

 erosion control and water supply; that in forest products with effective 



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