fire and the application of much better forest-land man- 
agement than has prevailed in the past. 
Forest-Land Ownership 
Georgians, as individuals and corporations, have owned 
practically all of the forest area of the State since those 
early days when they first dispossessed the Indians and 
In 1938, almost 201% of the 2114 
million acres of forest area in the State was still in private 
drove them westward. 
ownership. The publicly owned forest lands in Georgia, 
as of December 5, 1938, are shown in table 11. 
More than half of the privately owned forest land, 11% 
million acres, is in farms, according to the Census of 
Agriculture for 1935, with an average per farm of 47 acres. 
From a recent study of 226 privately owned nonfarm 
forest properties in various parts of the State, aggregating 
more than 3 million acres, the Southern National Forest 
Region of the Forest Service reported * that approximately 
35 percent of the land was managed according to good 
forestry practices, 64 percent was in fair-to-good pro- 
ductive condition either intentionally or accidentally, 
and only 1 percent was not in a productive condition. 
Three-fifths of the properties studied were less than 
10,000 acres each. The purposes of management by 
the owners were as follows: 
Percent 
HDNet os GOne Seamer Wee matt: IMC oe VR oh ss Qian s)aiw algis eie'Gdic\em e's 45 
Lumber—or lumber, pulpwood, and naval stores combined. ....... 26 
Mu es tol en timate eM cst te hc soca 2% een a vce aeteee sen 16 
KGAeNprencimesmepe ee May chant. en bs ote als eons pees ae 7 
VHC gaeras Stal oy ofa Set tay ny Ee WU a ee AN er a a 6 
While an excellent start has been made in the practice of 
good forest management on this 3 million acres, it is 
believed that much of the remaining 17}, million acres 
of Georgia’s privately owned (and generally farmer- 
owned) forest is not so well managed, since it is sub- 
jected to destructive methods of cutting and turpen- 
tining and to fire. 
Wildlife Conservation and Forest Recreation 
Wildlife conservation and forest recreation have been 
important activities Near Thomasville, 
Brunswick, Savannah, and Augusta are many large pri- 
vately owned game preserves and hunting areas upon which 
in Georgia. 
game management is the primary purpose and timber 
growing secondary. The owners have been, or are likely 
to be, interested in harvesting and marketing their timber 
for lumber, pulpwood, and other products only if adequate 
cover for game can be maintained. More and more the 
need for publicly owned hunting and fishing preserves is 
being recognized. Publicly owned game refuges are being 
9 See footnote 5. 
16 
Tasie 11.—Publicly owned forest land in Georgia ' ig 
Ownership patty aes Survey unit Area 
ex Sn Ae y Rel By TS a fie kine erat 
Acres | 
Federal: MelIntosh__-__-___ Southeast_____ 5, 233° 
Biological Survey__________ @hath em 22a Se doe xsl 2 4, 598 
Charlton, Clinch, ‘ 
SWATO? Coie see ES oe do ..| 296, 824 i 
National Military Parks: 
Kennesaw Mountain____| Cobb_____________ North-central_ 5, 377 
Chickamauga___._-_-.-.| Walker___________- INorthese ee 4,819 am 
Military reservations: a 
Fort Benning____________ Chattahoochee.___} Gentral_____ 85, 932 iA 
National forests: | 4 
Hitchiti Experimental z 
(Roresti=¢ =< ee Putman eee eg (ote 4, 370 a 
Chattahoochee National ms 
Moresth2s 40-5 Se --| Fannin, Gilmer, | North _.____- 598, 970 
Heme ay aS etal 
Habersham, 
IME Dyce aay, 
Rega 0 eae 1 
To'wi ny Seg 
Union, White 
Farm Security Adminis- 
tration=c 22-2 2) 2 Ss 3 | ee Neat eee =| Central = se 109, 060 
Bureau of Agricultural 
1 As of Dee. 5, 1938. 
developed rapidly, notably in the Okefenokee Swamp, on 
Blackbeard Island (south of Savannah), and in the Chat- 
tahoochee National Forest. Fish- and game-management 
areas also have been established in the Georgia Plantation-_ 
Piedmont project of the Resettlement Administration near — 
Eatonton and in the Chattahoochee National Forest. 
Public sentiment in favor of forest recreation is growing 
rapidly in Georgia. People are traveling more than ever 
before and the beauty of the forest is being realized and 
appreciated. Several excellent recreational forest areas 
have been developed by the State and by the Federal 
Forest Service, mostly in the mountains of north Georgia, 
ee 
but many more are needed. 
‘ 
ee eee, a eR mcs: 
= 
Economies: et 
Flatwoods area leased to | a 
Natural Resources De- 
partment, Georgia_____ Ware, Brantly_ Southeast_____ 32,000 
State: 
University of Georgia ER ea Sac a oie. North-central _ 4,300 
University of Georgia, a 
Honesty Schoole=ssseeeeee Greene_____- Central_______ 540 
State Forests. 
Baxley sce = ois are ee Appling___--__ ..| Southeast_____ 980 
Gwinn Nixon__-_ __| Richmond __ = @entralaeseae 100 3 
State parks (gross areas): i 
Alex Stephens_____ E Maliaferro lass eee ed Os ae sabre ‘a 
Pine Mountain__-_______ Marisa 2S Se Ue donee 5, 500 7 
Ohehawye 422 lee. So Dougherty_______- Se ohy 5,500 
RM yl SAP ae nese Rah eer Cone 159 
Fort Mountain _________ Gordon is 2tae— ee Northi 2, 600 q 
Vogel pa 1 GPR AE. Wmion see F ee ece sido Miake 262 | 
Ogkmulgee="_ 2) aa Telfair... : Southeast_____ 935 
Santo Domingo_________-_ Glynre Sees oe eye do 370 
Town forests: a 
Newnan se 2k Coweta___- __| North-central_ 1, 000 4 
Manchester_____________ Meriwether. —-_|_____ dot eae 1,800 
Ne) (2) Gedes BE olay Seed aid id emer « SPS cea ae ope eet 1, 172, 346 4 
