ACKNOWLEDGMENT 



This review of the Nation's timber resources was made by the 

 Forest Service with the help of a great many experts in State and 

 private forestry agencies, forest industries, conservation organizations, 

 and other agencies in the Federal Government. The participation 

 of these collaborators is described in the first part of the report. 

 Their advice in planning the project, participation in the advisory 

 group, and their assistance in assembling the facts of the timber 

 situation are gratefully acknowledged. 



Appreciation is also expressed to the many professional people 

 in the Forest Service who participated in the Timber Resource 

 Review\ In addition to those named as authors in the separate 

 sections of this report, a large number of others on the national 

 forests, in research centers, in regional offices and experiment stations, 

 and in the Chief's office, took part in planning the review, collecting 

 and compiling field data, preparing preliminary analyses and inter- 

 pretations, and reviewing the preliminary report. Because so many 

 helped as part of their regular work and because individual efforts 

 and responsibilities varied so widely, it is not possible to list all who 

 deserve credit. The authors are indebted to the statistical clerks 

 who tabulated and checked the data, and to the editors, secretaries, 

 and draftsmen w^hose assistance in completing the manuscripts was 

 invaluable. The comments on the preliminary draft of the many 

 reviewers, both in and out of the Forest Service, have contributed 

 much toward the final report. 



Special mention should be made of Leonard I. Barrett, George 

 F, Burks, James C. Rettie, John R. McGuire, and S. Blair Hutchison. 



Edward C. Crafts, 

 Assistant Chief, Forest Service. 



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