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in some softwood species, sizes, and grades, and 

 rises in relative price probably will not be felt very 

 much until after 1975. 



(8) Much progress has been made in forestry in 

 recent years. The undesirable effects of not 

 meeting timber demand and of rising prices need 

 not occm- if the American people achieve within 

 the next few years a degree of forestry on all com- 

 mercial forest land roughly equivalent to that 

 which is practiced today on the better managed 

 lands. 



Forestry is not a short-time proposition. Where 

 this Nation stands in timber supply in the year 



2000 will depend largely on actions taken during 

 the next two decades. Recent encouraging for- 

 estry trends must continue. But this is not 

 enough. Acceleration of these trends is vital, and 

 to a degree that will startle many of us. There 

 are no grounds for complacency. If the timber 

 resources of the Nation are to be reasonably 

 abundant at the end of the century and if our 

 children and their children are to enjoy the same 

 timber abundance that we ourselves know, 

 standards and sights must be raised. The poten- 

 tial of the land is adequate. The opportunity is 

 there. 



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