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improve water supplies, and reduce flood losses. All these will be 

 increasingly of critical importance in future years. 



Problems related to forest recreation also are multiplying along 

 with the spectacular increases in the needs for all forms of outdoor 

 recreation. On National Forests alone, recreation use by the year 2000 

 is expected to increase sevenfold to more than 600 million visits 

 annually. Research will help provide both public administrators 

 and private landowners with guiding principles for meeting these 

 new and unprecedented pressures for forest recreation. 



Research on fish and wildlife habitat will show the way to greater 

 production of big game and other wildlife resources for the enjoy- 

 ment of more and more millions of hunters, fishermen, and outdoor 

 recreationists. 



Much progress has been made in all phases of forestry research. 

 The proposed National Forestry Research Program builds upon this; 

 foundation. A continued and much larger investment in forestry 

 research will provide the basis for more effective multiple use of all 

 the resources on all Federal, State, and private forest lands. It will 

 guide the greatly expanded production and utilization programs for 

 timber, water, recreation, and other forest resources needed in 

 growing and prosperous America. It will result in substantial andj 

 varied benefits to all our citizens. 



Program Costs 



The National Forestry Research Program will require reaching 

 a level of expenditure of $76 million annually by the end of the 10th; 

 year. Implementation of the research at the Forest Service's 10 re- 

 gional experiment stations, Forest Products Laboratory, and Institute 

 of Tropical Forestry will move ahead in orderly stages over the 

 10-year period. 



The construction of laboratories and related facilities at those loca 

 tions throughout the country where additional structures are needec 

 will require an estimated $50 million during the period. 



The $76 million Federal program described is practical and feasible 

 in relation to the needs and the level of reseai'ch expenditures that 

 experience has shown to be sound. This sum is about three times 

 the 1962 appropriation for Federal forestry research. The 1962 esti- 

 mate for forestry research by public and private agencies combinec 

 was about $92 million. If this were increased three times, the tota 

 expenditures by all agencies would be $275 million, or slightly more 

 than 1 percent of the total consumer expenditures for forest products 

 The percentage would be much lower if it were possible to assign 

 market values to water, recreation, fish and wildlife, and all of the 

 other material and intangible benefits that come from the forests. 



The National Science Foundation reported that in 1961-62 approxi- 

 mately $14.7 billion was spent, on all research and development activ- 

 ities nationwide. This is about 2.7 percent of the gross national 

 product. Forestry research expenditures, in comparison, are cur-i 

 rently about 0.35 percent of the gross national product contributed 

 by forest products. Funds for forestry research today are at one- 

 eighth of the average level for all research. 



Forestry research by the colleges and universities and the forest 

 products industry should increase proportionately with the Federal 

 programs in the years ahead. 



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