by plantation care, pruning, weeding, thinning, release cutting, 

 reinforcement planting of lightly stocked areas, and planting new 

 burns in these stands. 



Water Resources 



In continuing their role as regulator of waterflows, national-forest 

 watersheds will continue to be managed in accord with two principal 

 long-range objectives: (a) Protection of the watershed by stabilizing 

 the soil and thereby preserving and improving water quality; and (b) 

 management of the area to increase the quantity of water. 



Protection of the watershed and water quality will continue to be 

 a primary objective. Quantity of water yielded will receive major 

 consideration in the multiple-use management of national forests. 



To accomplish these objectives, an accelerated program of watershed 

 management, rehabilitation, and protection will need to be carried 

 out, including the application of new methods and practices as they 

 are developed and proved. 



Program proposals for the short-term period include — 



1. More intensive management activities to assure full protection 

 of the hydrologic condition of watersheds in the management and 

 use of other resources. Management plans for other resources that 

 involve manipulation of plant cover will adequately consider water- 

 shed management needs. 



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