The program proposals for the short-term period, are — 



1. Complete "Part 1 of Operation Outdoors," which is a 5-year 

 program initiated in 1957 to reconstruct and rehabilitate the then 

 existing recreation facilities consisting of 4,700 campgrounds and 

 picnic sites containing 42,400 family units, construct additional fa- 

 cilities, and adequately maintain and service these facilities to meet 

 the existing and predicted situation. 



2. Complete inventory and evaluation of recreation and wildlife 

 habitat resources. This will be done partly in cooperation with the 

 Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission, and with respect 

 to wildlife habitat resources, in cooperation with the States. 



3. Revise and complete recreation management plans for all ad- 

 ministrative units and thereafter keep them current. 



4. Prepare and execute development plans on 10,000 new camp- 

 ground and picnic sites containing 102,000 family units. 



5. Repair and reconstruct dams and spillways as necessary in 

 order to place them in a safe condition for recreational use. 



6. Provide adequate sanitation, cleanup, safe water, fire preven- 

 tion, and public safety at all developed recreation sites and in heavily 

 used unimproved areas. 



7. Protect and manage wilderness-type, roadside, and other 

 special areas. 



8. Review at least 30 of the remaining 41 primitive areas as to 

 their wilderness characteristics and reclassify them accordingly. 



9. Revise and complete wildlife habitat management plans for 

 all administrative units, assuring proper coordination between uses 

 of wildlife habitat resources and other resources. 



10. Participate in planning, inspection, and control phases of all 

 habitat improvement projects conducted on lands of the national- 

 forest system by States and by other Federal agencies to insure 

 that the projects will benefit wildlife and be in harmony with other 

 resource values. 



11. Improve food and cover on 1.5 million acres of key wildlife 

 areas. 



12. Develop wildlife openings, food patches, and game walkways 

 in dense vegetation by clearing or controlled burning on about a 

 half million acres. 



13. Improve 7,000 miles of the 81,000 miles of fishing streams 

 and 56,000 acres of lakes by stabilizing banks, planting streamside 

 cover, and constructing channel improvements. 



Protection 



The total adverse impact of disease, insects, fire, weather, destruc- 

 tive animals, and other forces on the uses and values of forest re- 

 sources is not generally recognized. They kill and destroy, retard or 



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