is done by the forest products industry. Their research emphasizes 

 primarily problems of forest product development and utilization. 

 Some studies of timber production are also underway. 



The colleges and universities have gradually strengthened their for- 

 estry research programs in recent years, particularly the institutions 

 with agricultural experiment stations and forestry schools. This re- 

 search is supported mostly by State and other non-Federal funds. 

 Some Federal support to forestry research, however, is derived from 

 Department of Agriculture grant funds made available to the States 

 through cooperative programs administered through the Cooperative 

 State Research Service. The Forest Service also provides cooperative 

 financing of selected projects at universities to stimulate additional 

 research on projects of joint interest. 



In the colleges and universities lie substantial opportunities for 

 future expanded forestry research. Their research potential has as 

 yet barely been realized and they could and should be doing more. The 

 national program recognizes the importance of institutional research. 

 It proposes as a part of the Federal program a strengthening of co- 

 operative research at the colleges and universities. 



The coordination of research has also been carefully considered 

 as a necessary part of the national program. Coordination is achieved 

 in a number of ways. The Department of Agriculture maintains a 

 uniform project system under which all project proposals by research 

 agencies of the Department are reviewed and coordinated. Tech- 

 nical advisory committees composed of university, industry, and Fed- 

 eral scientists meet regularly to discuss research plans and projects 

 underway. Formally constituted regional research committees' plan 

 and do joint research on problems of interest to several States. 

 Special panels of industry representatives are organized periodically 

 to review and coordinate research in a special problem field such as 

 seasoning of wood or glues and gluing. Other committees are fre- 

 quently formed to coordinate research on special problems such as 

 pole blight disease research or brush control studies. This type of 

 coordinating machinery has been effective in the past. It should con- 

 tinue as an essential part of future expanded programs of the indus- 

 tries, colleges and universities, and the Department of Agriculture. 



Within the Federal Government, the Department of Agriculture has 

 since its origin had the primary responsibility for forestry research, 

 and the Forest Service for many years has been assigned the task of 

 planning and carrying out forestry research programs. These pro- 

 grams provide the technical basis for protecting, managing, and 

 utilizing all of the renewable resources of the 186 million acres of 

 National Forests and National Grasslands administered by the 

 Department of Agriculture. They provide the technical forestry 

 information needed by the U.S. Department of the Interior in pro- 

 tecting and managing millions of acres of forests and ranges on the 

 public domain, National Parks and Monuments, Indian Lands, and 

 other areas. The forestry research program of the Department of 

 Agriculture also provides information used by other Federal agencies 

 on lands in their custody or of direct interest to them. 



In addition to problems on these public lands, the Federal Govern- 

 ment is vitally concerned with solving the forestry problems arising 

 on the 4!/2 million privately owned properties which aggregate 358 

 million acres. About three-fourths of these forest land holdings are 



