1 . To create conditions 

 most favorable for the 

 redemption of Federal 

 responsibilities within 

 areas in other than 

 Federal ownership. 



2. To round out and 

 consolidate existing 

 Federal holdings in 

 established National 

 Forest units so as to 

 promote their most 

 efficient and economic 

 protection and 

 management and the 

 highest degrees of 

 industrial and social 

 use. 



3. To establish and 

 purchase additional 

 forest units . . . provided 

 the facts clearly indicate 

 that private interests 

 would not be 

 handicapped, and the 

 public would be more 

 fully protected. 



To carry out this program, 

 the purchase of the following 

 types of land would be 

 recommended by the Forest 

 Service: 



1 . Lands necessary for 

 watershed protection 

 and flood control. 



2. Lands necessary for 

 recreational use. 



3. Cut-over and 

 tax-delinquent lands 



which would not receive 

 any care or protection 

 if left in private hands. 



4. Nonoperating blocks 

 of timber; areas that 

 are not economically 

 ripe but which because 

 of pressure for early 

 liquidation, due to high 

 carrying charges, may 

 be destructively and 

 wastefully operated if 

 left in private ownership. 



5. Blocks of 

 merchantable timber 

 not yet opened up but 

 feasible of 



operation-where such 

 purchases are 

 necessary to prolong 

 the life of established 

 industries; make 

 practical the application 

 of sustained yield and 

 thus stabilize 

 established 

 communities. 



6. Blocks of operating 

 stumpage which are 

 being destructively cut 

 but are sufficient in size 

 to make a practical 

 sustained yield 

 operation if under 

 Federal management. 

 These areas will also 

 be largely 

 demonstration forests. 



Of course, there were critics 

 of the acquisition program. 

 One of the more prominent 



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