State (Forest Service and State Experiment Sta- 
tions, universities, Agricultural Research Service) 
and private research organizations. Range- 
management research and development programs 
to be enhanced should include 
1. Grazing management that is economically 
sound and compatible with the multiple resources. 
Livestock grazing can be used for vegetation man- 
agement to improve timber, water, and wildlife pro- 
duction and protection. 
2. Agroforestry practices on improved pasture for 
intensifying management and increasing multiple- 
use products of timber, livestock, forage, and 
wildlife. 
3. Identifying and protecting threatened and en- 
dangered plant species. 
4. Providing technical assistance for land-use 
planning considering multiple-use alternatives. 
5. Marketing of forest-range resources. 
Federal and State organizations (Forest Serv- 
ice, Soil Conservation Service, and universities) 
should provide areas to demonstrate multiple-use 
practices and provide technology transfer and tech- 
nical assistance programs for public and private 
land managers. Forestry incentive programs for 
pine regeneration that essentially prohibit grazing 
during the early years should be reevaluated to pro- 
vide positive range management to utilize the avail- 
able forage resource as well as protect the timber 
resources through vegetation management to re- 
duce the likelihood of wildfire. Conservation Re- 
serve Programs that prohibit grazing during the first 
10 years should be reviewed to provide proper 
range-management practices for vegetation man- 
agement on these protected areas. 
In summary, "The South's Fourth Forest" needs 
to develop support of the range policy to conduct 
multiple-use management on forest lands of the 
Southeast that provides full consideration for all re- 
sources, including manipulation of livestock for veg- 
etation management to enhance the forestry, 
wildlife, watershed, and economic goals. 
Recommendations 
Here are several recommendations for range- 
management programs in the South that | believe 
are essential for appropriate administration of the 
South's fourth forest: 
1. Support the current policy to develop, demon- 
strate, and promote sound and practical range 
management on the South's forest land. 
2. Promote a postive range-management pro- 
gram (research, technology transfer, technical as- 
sistance, and demonstration) to protect and en- 
hance the forest resources through vegetation 
management. 
3. Promote agroforestry programs on improved 
pastures in the South. 
References Cited 
Shiflet, Thomas N. 1980. 
What is the resource? In: Child, R. Dennis; By- 
ington, Evert K., eds. Southern forest range and 
pasture symposium: Proceedings; 1980 March 
13-14; New Orleans, LA. Morrilton, AR: Winrock 
International: 17-28. 
Sternitzke, H.S.; Pearson, H.A. 1975. 
Forest-range resources of southwest Louisiana. 
Journal of Range Management. 28(4): 264-266. 
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