This Nation's forests are not being 

 grown as fast as they are being depleted. 

 We have been using up our growing 

 stock of timber and failing to make 

 adequate provision for new growth. 

 Timber cut or destroyed in 1943 was 50 

 percent more than total growth. 



While the present forest situation 

 is serious, it is by no means hopeless. 

 Forests are a renewable resource; with 

 proper management and protection 

 they can be made to produce continu- 

 ing crops. But if we are to be assured 

 of abundant and permanent timber 

 supplies, positive action will have to be 

 taken on a nation-wide scale to raise 

 annual timber growth to an adequate 

 level. 



Washington, D. C. Issued April 1944 



Slightly revised March 1945 



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