Logging steep, unstable mountain slopes without causing erosion and sedimentation will 

 require better methods of timber harvesting. 



2. Improvement of techniques for inventories of forest land and 

 timber resources to provide better guideposts for forest manage- 

 ment planning and evaluation of forestry programs. 



'■]. Intensification of Forest Surveys to provide localized timber re- 

 source information needed by forestry organizations in carrying 

 ing out programs of forest industrial development and improve- 

 ment of forest practices on small ownerships. 



Forest Economics. — Research in forest economics will have as one 

 of its major objectives the determination of the costs and returns 

 that may be expected from timber growing and harvesting activities. 

 Another aim will be to develop concepts and principles for economic 

 evaluation of combinations of forest land uses, and guides for deci- 

 sions on coordinated management of timber production, grazing, 

 recreation, wildlife, and water uses. The problems of the small owner 

 will receive special emphasis. 



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