ACKNOWLEDGMENT 



The Central States Forest Experiment Station of the Forest 

 Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Columbus, Ohio, grate- 

 fully acknowledges the assistance of the following in collecting data 

 for this report: Purdue University Department of Forestry headed 

 by E. R. Martell, and Purdue University Extension Service; and 

 Indiana Department of Conservation, Division of Forestiy, directed 

 by R. F. Wilcox. 



Many people at the Central States Station participated in the 

 survey of Indiana's forest resources and aided in the preparation 

 of this report. The station is especially indebted to persons out- 

 side of the organization Avho reviewed the manuscript and gave 

 helpful suggestions. 



